English > kid: 7 senses > noun 1, person Meaning | A young person of either sex. |
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Example | "they're just kids" |
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Synonyms | child, youngster, minor, shaver, nipper, small fry, tiddler, tike, tyke, fry, nestling |
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Parts | child's body | The body of a human child |
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Narrower | bairn | A child |
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buster | A robust child |
changeling | A child secretly exchanged for another in infancy |
child prodigy, infant prodigy, wonder child | A prodigy whose talents are recognized at an early age |
foster-child, foster child, fosterling | A child who is raised by foster parents |
imp, scamp, monkey, rascal, rapscallion, scalawag, scallywag | One who is playfully mischievous |
kiddy, kiddie | A young child |
orphan | A child who has lost both parents |
peanut | A young child who is small for his age |
pickaninny, piccaninny, picaninny | (ethnic slur) offensive term for a Black child |
poster child | A child afflicted by some disease or deformity whose picture is used on posters to raise money for charitable purposes |
preschooler, kindergartner, kindergartener | A child who attends a preschool or kindergarten |
silly | A word used for misbehaving children |
sprog | A child |
toddler, yearling, tot, bambino | A young child |
urchin | Poor and often mischievous city child |
waif, street child | A homeless child especially one forsaken or orphaned |
Broader | juvenile, juvenile person | A young person, not fully developed |
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Spanish | alevín, chango, chaval, chico, chiqüelo, chiquillo, cría, criatura, crío, joven, jovenzuelo, menor de edad, menor, mozalbete, muchachuelo, nene, niño, pececillo, tike |
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Catalan | criatura, jove, menor, nen, tike, xaval, xic |
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