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Synonyms for child

noun

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.

Antonyms parent*, adult, elder.

with child

pregnant, bearing a child, carrying a child, going to have a baby; see pregnant 1.

See child in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II

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