child; kid; youngster; minor; shaver; nipper; small fry; tiddler; tike; tyke; fry; nestling




a young person of either sex

"she writes books for children"; "they're just kids"; "`tiddler' is a British term for youngster"

Type of:
  • juvenile; juvenile person

Types:
  • bairn
  • buster
  • changeling
  • child prodigy; infant prodigy; wonder child
  • foster-child; foster child; fosterling
  • imp; scamp; monkey; rascal; rapscallion; scalawag; scallywag
  • kiddy
  • orphan
  • peanut
  • pickaninny; piccaninny; picaninny
  • poster child
  • preschooler; kindergartner; kindergartener
  • silly
  • sprog
  • toddler; yearling; tot; bambino
  • urchin
  • waif; street child


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