Child

Noun

 * 1)  A daughter or son.
 * 2)  A person who is below the age of adulthood; a minor person who is below the legal age of responsibility or accountability.
 * 3)  A data item, process or object which has a subservient or derivative role relative to another data item, process or object.

Adjectives for Child
healthy; unruly; passionate; undisciplined;  self-willed; posthumous; fretful; imitative; melancholy; untutored; docile; migratory; princely; lily-shining; cunning;  secretive; unmanageable; victorious; bewitching; sad-looking; riotous; unquenchable; wondrous; slumbering; veritable; eccentric; imaginative; flaxen-haired; delightful; charming;  dutiful; cherubic;  enchaining; divine; brilliant; bright; rosy; nice; capable; contented; accomplished gifted; intelligent; respectable-looking well-bred; supernatural; fun-loving; eager exemplary; affectionate; studious; lovable responsive; winsome; wistful-eyed; misty-eyed; golden-haired;  fair-skinned; well-formed; comely; prepossessing; immaculate; prim; unnatural; normal; typical; average; growing; obedient; meek; humble; tactful; old-fashioned; subdued; repentant; contrite; tractable; tranquil; absorbed; silent; reflective; problem; sensitive; bewildered; shy; shrinking; artistic; emotional; unreasonable; nervous; high-strung; neglected;  adorable; confused; sickly; delicate; frail; rickety; ragged; spindling; colorless; nondescript; angular; ugly; brutal; beastly; wretched; impertinent; rebellious; spoiled; spiteful; petted; precocious; audacious; impetuous; head-strong; heartbroken; prostrate; unhappy; miserable; forlorn; terrified; adored; ad¬mired; afflicted; frightened; greedy; wayward; unruly; exasperating; foolish; grown-up; offensive; refractory; obstreperous; monstrous; stubborn; obdurate; burdensome; unwitting;  artless;  retarded; stolid; annoying; slow-growing; defective; stupid;  sturdy;  pot-bellied;  lean-faced; leggy; plain; thin; big-eyed; sallow; chubby-faced; regretful; toddling; prattling; wailing; screaming; sobbing; play-loving; beauty-loving; staring; frail; convalescing; engrossed; mere; weeping; casual; innocent;  puzzled;   venturesome;  quizzical; adventurous; riotous; finicky; changeling; semantic; cockney; vaudeville; aristocratic; infant; drowsy; rash; loathed; unflinching; defective; culpable; pouting; petulant; conscientious; minor; wanton; dazed; eloquent; sanguine; forward; reticent; gallant; virtuous; vixenish; beaten; delightful; impious; crippled; exceptional; precious; churlish; talented; robust; engrossed; roguish; heaven-obscuring;   loyal; turbulent;  houseless;  nurtured; tender; unborn; adolescent; simple; sole; heaven-born; cherished; complaining; blind; foolish; vagrant; comparative; scampering; weakest; credulous; guileless; merciless; illegitimate; sacred; fractious; proud; vivacious; burnt; pampered; abused; ambidextrous;

Verbs for Child
attend—; awaken—; bear—; befriend—; beget—; bereave—; bring forth—; build¬up—; burden—; chastise—;  cherish—; circumcise—; comprehend—; conceive—; correct—; debilitate—; deliver—; develop—; discipline—; disinherit—;  dispossess ; educate—; emaciate—; embrace—; encourage—; exhort—; expose—; father— fondle—; forsake—; govern—; harden— inspire—; lull—; lure—; name—; nourish—;   nurse—; oppress—; punish— rear—; reassure—; remain—; restrain—; revive—; scold—; sire—; spoil—; teach—; tempt—; train—; trust—; understand—; wean—; whip—; —babbles; —clambers; —clamors; —contracts a disease; —disobeys; —heeds; —moans; —pines; —rebels ; —skips; —sobs; —strays; —struggles; —thrives; —wails; —weeps.

Synonyms for Child

 * boy, fruit of one's loins, girl, kid, offspring
 * bairn, boy, brat, girl, kid, lad, lass

Antonyms for Child

 * adult

Derived terms

 * boomerang child
 * childhood
 * childish
 * childless


 * childlike
 * love-child
 * lovechild
 * manchild


 * only child
 * perpetual child
 * war child

Related terms

 * childe
 * Childermas

Thesaurus
kid, kitten, lad, laddie, lamb, lambkin, lass, lassie, little bugger, little fellow, little guy, little innocent, little one, little tad, little tot, lout, manufacture, masterpiece, masterwork, mere child, minor, mintage, mite, moppet, neonate, new mintage, newborn, newborn babe, nipper, noble savage, oaf, offspring, opera, opus, opuscule, origination, outcome, outgrowth, peewee, posterity, product, production, progeniture, progeny, puss, result, rube, runabout, scion, seed, shaver, simple soul, small fry, son, son and heir, sonny, stepchild, stepdaughter, stepson, stripling, tad, teenager, teener, teenybopper, toddler, tot, unsophisticate, wee tot, work, yokel, young hopeful, young man, youngling, youngster, youth, adolescent, angel, artifact, babe, baby, bairn, boy, brainchild, brat, brood, bud, cherub, chick, chickabiddy, child of nature, chit, coinage, composition, concoction, creation, creature, crowning achievement, darling, daughter, descendant, descendants, dickens, distillation, dove, dupe, effect, end product, essence, extract, foetus, foster child, fruit, girl, grandchild, granddaughter, grandson, handiwork, heiress, hick, infant, ingenue, innocent, invention, issue, juvenile,

Etymology
From, from cild:, from , from. Cognate with kuld:,  kull:,  kelta:, kjalta:,  𐌺𐌹𐌻𐌸𐌴𐌹:,  undefined:, undefined:.

Translations

 * Afrikaans:
 * Albanian: fëmijë
 * Arabic: طفل, ولد, ابن,  ابنة
 * Armenian: ,
 * Basque: ,
 * Belarusian: дзіця, рабёнак
 * Bengali: শিশু, চাইল্ড
 * Bosnian:
 * Breton: bugel
 * Bulgarian:, рожба
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese:, , ,
 * Mandarin:, , , ,
 * Min Nan:
 * Teochew:
 * Chuvash: ача
 * Crimean Tatar: bala
 * Croatian: ,
 * Czech:
 * Danish: ,
 * Dutch:
 * Eshtehardi:
 * Esperanto: filaĵo
 * Estonian:
 * Ewe:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Georgian: ბავშვი
 * German:
 * Greek: ,
 * Greenlandic:
 * Hebrew: ילד (male child or child in general), ילדה (female child); בן (son), בת (daughter)
 * Hindi: बच्चा, बेटा,  बेटी, शिशु
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Icelandic:
 * Ido:
 * Ilocano:
 * Indonesian: ,
 * Interlingua: filia
 * Irish:
 * Italian:, , ,
 * Japanese: 子供, 子
 * Jèrriais: êfant, avé , mousse
 * Kalenjin:
 * Kannada: ಹಸುಳೆ, ಮಗು
 * Kazakh:
 * Korean:


 * Kurdish: منداڵ, مناڵزارۆک
 * Latgalian:
 * Latin: ,
 * Latvian: bērns
 * Lithuanian: vaikas
 * Livonian: läpš
 * Luhya:
 * Luo:
 * Luxembourgish: Kand
 * Macedonian: ,
 * Malay:
 * Malayalam: കുട്ടി
 * Maltese:
 * Ngarrindjeri:
 * Norwegian:
 * Old English:
 * Persian:, , بچه
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian: ,
 * Romansch: uffant, affon, unfànt, unfant, iffaunt
 * Russian: ,
 * Samogitian:
 * Sanskrit:
 * Santali:
 * Scots:
 * Scottish Gaelic: ,
 * Serbian: ,
 * Slovene:
 * Sotho: ngwana
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swahili: ,
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog:
 * Tajik:
 * Tamil: குழந்தை
 * Taos: ȕ’úna
 * Telugu: బిడ్డ
 * Thai: ศิศุ
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: ,
 * Urdu: بچہ, بیٹا,  بیٹی
 * Uyghur: بالا
 * Veps:
 * Vietnamese: đứa bé, đứa trẻ, con, tử
 * Volapük: cil,  hicil,  jicil,  son,  daut,  jison
 * Welsh:
 * West Frisian: bern
 * !Xóõ: ʘqa̰a
 * Yiddish:, קינדער


 * Afrikaans:
 * Albanian: fëmijë
 * Arabic: طفل, طفلة
 * Armenian: ,
 * Breton: minor, -ed
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: nen
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese, ,
 * Mandarin:, , , ,
 * Min Nan:
 * Teochew:
 * Crimean Tatar: bala
 * Czech:
 * Danish: ,
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: infano,  virinfano,  infanino
 * Estonian:
 * Ewe: ɖevi
 * Fijian:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek: (paidí),
 * Gujarati: બાળક
 * Hebrew: ילד, ילדה
 * Hindi: बच्चा, बच्ची, शिशु
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Icelandic:
 * Ido: ,
 * Interlingua: infante
 * Irish:
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese: 子供 (こども, kodomo), 子 (こ, ko), 未成年 (mi-seinen)


 * Jèrriais: êfant, avé , mousse
 * Kurdish: بچووک, مناڵ, منداڵ
 * Latgalian:
 * Latin: ,
 * Latvian: bērns
 * Lithuanian: vaikas
 * Livonian: läpš
 * Macedonian:
 * Maltese:
 * Ngarrindjeri:
 * Norwegian: barn mindreårig
 * Old English:
 * Persian: بچه
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:, ,
 * Potawatomi: penoje
 * Romanian: copil, copilă
 * Romansch: uffant, affon, unfànt, unfant, iffaunt
 * Russian: ,
 * Samogitian:
 * Sanskrit:
 * Saterland Frisian:
 * Scots:
 * Scottish Gaelic: ,
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:, ,
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: ,
 * Urdu: بچہ
 * Vietnamese: đứa bé, đứa trẻ
 * Welsh:
 * West Frisian: bern
 * Yiddish:


 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: lapsiobjekti
 * Greek: απότοκος


 * Icelandic:
 * Japanese: 子 (こ, ko)
 * Norwegian:
 * Russian: дочерний
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:


 * : krouadur, -ien (young child)
 * : mitã'i
 * : anak, bocah
 * : infante
 * : 어린이 (eorini)


 * : zarrok
 * : puere
 * : (bæčče)
 * : pitanga
 * : pitanga