child

About 180.89 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A person who has not yet reached adulthood, whether natural (puberty), cultural (initiation), or legal (majority).

   Go easy on him: he is but a child.

2. noun A youth aged 1 to 9 years, whereas neonates are aged 0 to 1 month, infants are aged 1 to 12 months, and adolescents are aged 10 to 20 years.
3. noun One's direct descendant by birth, regardless of age; one's offspring; a son or daughter.

   My youngest child is forty-three this year.

4. noun The thirteenth Lenormand card.
5. noun A figurative offspring, particularly: A person considered a product of a place or culture, a member of a tribe or culture, regardless of age.

   the children of Israel

6. noun A person considered a product of a place or culture, a member of a tribe or culture, regardless of age.

   the children of Israel

7. noun Anything derived from or caused by something.
8. noun A data item, process, or object which has a subservient or derivative role relative to another.

   The child node then stores the actual data of the parent node.

Similar words

youngster baby boy little girl girl tiddler minor nipper shaver tike

Often followed by

is of and to in who care was with

Word family

Child Francis James Child Julia Carolyn Child Julia Child childe children