child

child
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
n. See youth.
II
(Roget's IV) n.
Syn. boy, girl, kid*, baby, newborn, infant, nestling, toddler, tot, preschooler, moppet, preteen, youth, adolescent, teenager, youngster, daughter, son, grandchild, stepchild, foster child, offspring, descendant, innocent, stripling, minor, youngling, mite, chick, juvenile, tad, tyke, cub, small fry, little one, cherub, chit, whippersnapper, pubescent, progeny, issue, kiddie*, papoose*, teeny-bopper*, nymphet*, whelp*, brat*, imp*, urchin*, shaver*; see also baby 1 , boy , daughter , girl 1 , son .
Ant. parent*, adult, elder.
• with child,
Syn. pregnant, bearing a child, carrying a child, going to have a baby; see pregnant 1 .
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) n.
1. youngster juvenile, kid, youth, toddler, tyke, nipper, *little shaver, lad, lass, tadpole, adolescent, *teenybopper, moppet, brat, *rug rat, *munchkin. ''An ever-bubbling fountain in the world of humanity.''— Friedrich Froebel.
2. innocent naif, babe in the woods.
IV
(Roget's Thesaurus II) noun 1. A young person between birth and puberty: bud1, innocent, juvenile, moppet, tot1, youngster. Informal: kid. Scots: bairn. See KIN, YOUTH. 2. One who is not yet legally of age: juvenile. Law: infant, minor. See LAW, YOUTH. 3. A guileless, unsophisticated person: babe, ingenue, innocent, naive. Idiom: babe in the woods. See KNOWLEDGE. 4. One descended directly from the same parents or ancestors: descendant, offspring, progeny, scion. See KIN.

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