'Child' definitions:
Definition of 'child'
From: WordNet
noun
A young person of either sex; "she writes books for children"; "they're just kids"; "`tiddler' is a British term for youngster" [syn: child, kid, youngster, minor, shaver, nipper, small fry, tiddler, tike, tyke, fry, nestling]
noun
A human offspring (son or daughter) of any age; "they had three children"; "they were able to send their kids to college" [syn: child, kid] [ant: parent]
noun
An immature childish person; "he remained a child in practical matters as long as he lived"; "stop being a baby!" [syn: child, baby]
noun
A member of a clan or tribe; "the children of Israel"
Definition of 'Child'
From: GCIDE
Definition of 'Child'
From: GCIDE
- Child \Child\ (ch[imac]ld), n.; pl. Children (ch[i^]l"dr[e^]n). [AS. cild, pl. cildru; cf. Goth. kil[thorn]ei womb, in-kil[thorn][=o] with child.]
- 1. A son or a daughter; a male or female descendant, in the first degree; the immediate progeny of human parents; -- in law, legitimate offspring. Used also of animals and plants. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A descendant, however remote; -- used esp. in the plural; as, the children of Israel; the children of Edom. [1913 Webster]
- 3. One who, by character of practice, shows signs of relationship to, or of the influence of, another; one closely connected with a place, occupation, character, etc.; as, a child of God; a child of the devil; a child of disobedience; a child of toil; a child of the people. [1913 Webster]
- 4. A noble youth. See Childe. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- 5. A young person of either sex. esp. one between infancy and youth; hence, one who exhibits the characteristics of a very young person, as innocence, obedience, trustfulness, limited understanding, etc. [1913 Webster]
- When I was child. I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child; but when I became a man, I put away childish things. --1. Cor. xii. 11. [1913 Webster]
- 6. A female infant. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- A boy or a child, I wonder? --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- To be with child, to be pregnant.
- Child's play, light work; a trifling contest. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Child'
From: Easton
- Child This word has considerable latitude of meaning in Scripture. Thus Joseph is called a child at the time when he was probably about sixteen years of age (Gen. 37:3); and Benjamin is so called when he was above thirty years (44:20). Solomon called himself a little child when he came to the kingdom (1 Kings 3:7).
- The descendants of a man, however remote, are called his children; as, "the children of Edom," "the children of Moab," "the children of Israel."
- In the earliest times mothers did not wean their children till they were from thirty months to three years old; and the day on which they were weaned was kept as a festival day (Gen. 21:8; Ex. 2:7, 9; 1 Sam. 1:22-24; Matt. 21:16). At the age of five, children began to learn the arts and duties of life under the care of their fathers (Deut. 6:20-25; 11:19).
- To have a numerous family was regarded as a mark of divine favour (Gen. 11:30; 30:1; 1 Sam. 2:5; 2 Sam. 6:23; Ps. 127:3; 128:3).
- Figuratively the name is used for those who are ignorant or narrow-minded (Matt. 11:16; Luke 7:32; 1 Cor. 13:11). "When I was a child, I spake as a child." "Brethren, be not children in understanding" (1 Cor. 14:20). "That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro" (Eph. 4:14).
- Children are also spoken of as representing simplicity and humility (Matt. 19:13-15; Mark 10:13-16; Luke 18:15-17). Believers are "children of light" (Luke 16:8; 1 Thess. 5:5) and "children of obedience" (1 Pet. 1:14).
Synonyms of 'child'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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,
- 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
Words containing 'Child'
- Childe,
- Childed,
- Childing,
- Childly,
- Childness,
- To be with child,
- with child,
- Child study,
- Child's play,
- Elf child,
- Foster child,
- Knave child,
- Love child,
- Monday's Child,
- Quick with child,
- child abuse,
- child care,
- child molester,
- child neglect,
- child prodigy,
- child psychology,
- child support,
- child's body,
- child's game,
- child's room,
- childe hassam,
- female child,
- feral child,
- flower child,
- illegitimate child,
- latchkey child,
- male child,
- poster child,
- street child,
- wonder child,
- child welfare agency,
- child welfare service,
- child-centered,
- child-proof,
- foster-child,
- frederick childe hassam,
- man-child,
- door-key child,
- school-age child