One entry found for child.
Entry Word: child
Function: noun
Text: 1 a young person who is between infancy and adulthood <an imaginative animated film that appeals to adults as well as to children> Synonyms bairn [chiefly Scottish], cub, juvenile, kid, youngster, youth Related Words adolescent, minor; schoolboy, schoolchild, schoolgirl; moppet, nestling, toddler, tot, tyke; brat, imp, squirt, urchin, whippersnapper; cherub; preteen, subteen, teenager, teenybopper; lad, nipper, shaver, stripling, tad; bobby-soxer, hoyden, tomboy Near Antonyms golden-ager, oldster, senior citizen Antonyms adult, grown-up 2 a recently born person <wrapped the child in a blanket before taking him outside in the cold> -- see BABY