Thesaurus:child
English
[edit]Noun
[edit]Sense: a young person
[edit]Synonyms
[edit]- bairn (Scotland and older Northern)
- brat (sometimes derogatory)
- child
- chit
- crumb cruncher (slang, humorous or pejorative)
- crumb crusher (African American Vernacular, slang)
- crumb grinder (slang, humorous or pejorative)
- crumb snatcher (slang, humorous or pejorative)
- fry (UK dialectal)
- juvenile
- kid
- kiddie
- little one
- minor [⇒ thesaurus]
- mini-me (slang)
- moppet (colloquial)
- munchkin (informal)
- nipper (slang)
- slip
- small fry (informal)
- sprog (UK, New Zealand, slang)
- sprout
- tart
- tot
- tyke
- youngling [⇒ thesaurus]
- youngster
- young'un (regional US, regional UK, slang)
- youth
Derogatory:
- crib lizard (slang)
- crotch critter (slang)
- crotch dropping (slang)
- crotch fruit (slang)
- crotch goblin (slang)
- crotch monkey (slang)
- crotchling (slang)
- cum cheese (slang, vulgar)
- cum pet (slang, vulgar)
- cunt dropping (slang, vulgar)
- fucklet (slang, vulgar)
- fuck trophy (slang, vulgar)
- hump dumpling
- pet sperm
(slang)
- semen demon (slang)
- shitling (slang, vulgar)
- sperm blossom (slang)
- sperm buttercup (slang)
- sperm bubbles (slang)
- bitchling (slang)
- terence (vulgar)
Antonyms
[edit]Hyponyms
[edit]- baby [⇒ thesaurus]
- babe
- infant
- neonate
- newborn
- —
- toddler [⇒ thesaurus]
- ankle-biter
- tot
- preschooler
- squirt (slang)
- rugrat
- —
- preteen [⇒ thesaurus]
- tween
- tweenie
- tweenager
- —
- teenager [⇒ thesaurus]
- adolescent
- teen
- —
- boy [⇒ thesaurus]
- —
- girl [⇒ thesaurus]
- —
- schoolchild
- —
- poppet
- —
- imp
- monkey [⇒ thesaurus]
- scamp
- swapling
- whippersnapper
- urchin
- —
- goldensprog
- spoiled brat
Hypernyms
[edit]See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “129. infant” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
- “child” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.