Child
//tʃaɪld//
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The word "child" can be used as noun, verb and proper noun.
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act guilty act innocent act petulantly acting out add two numbers add two numbers together anger mother anger parent answer telephone answer to parents ask many questions ask parent question ask permission ask question ask questions ask to excused attempt to fool parents attend preschool before attending kindergarten battle with mother over bedtime become adult become witch at halloween begin kindergarten begin school believe in imaginary friend believe in tooth fairy belong to family bicycle to school bicycle to town blow up balloon board schoolbus borrow ten cents from mother break toy breathe bring flowers to mother bug mother bug teacher build sand castle build tower build with blocks build with wooden blocks butter bread butter toast cake face with mud call father dad call father papa choose new shoes choose shirt to wear choose sweets choose to help mother choose toy circle picture clean room clear table climb tree close door color with crayons complete grammer school complete homework corner cat and frighten count fingers count numbers count to 5 count to ten count toys cup hands cut paper doilies dare another child dare friends delight audience delight grandma delight in life delight in new toy delight parent delight with innocent love demand food dig in sandbox discover how to tie shoes do chores doctor sick pet doubt peas taste good dream about future dress doll dress doll in play dress dolls dress herself drink juice drive bike drive crazy eat spaghetti enjoy cartoon enjoy games expect love from mother expect to grow older experience insight experience new sensation experience wonder experience world explain actions fail to meet parents expectations fall down fall into well fancy santa clause exists fear dark fear imaginary monsters fear monster under bed fear monsters fear to sleep in dark feed goldfish fight with brother fill bottle fill bucket with sand fit under bed fit under table fix breakfast fly kite flying kite follow leader follow mother form opinions gather flowers get candy get lost get measles give another child gift go out to play group crayons grow up growing up during school years hand drawing to mother have bath hurry home from school jump for long time jump on trampouline jumping up and down kiss pet laern to speak laugh at laugh at clown laugh funny story laugh out loud at joke lean to speak learn learn from mother learn how to spell learn to needlepoint leave crumbs on floor leave home lift cup light up life like entertaining story like roller coaster listen story listen to mother listen to story long for home lose key lose mother mail letter mark walls with crayons master english master game master speech mind babysitter mind manners mind parents miss bus name puppy need love from mother need mother needle parent object to being sent to bed object to spinach own toy pain pass notes to friend pass peas peek boo pick nose piece together puzzle place puzzle piece plant flower play computer games play game play hero play in sandbox play recorder play tag play video games play with imaginary friend position block position toys just so press for answers press sticker onto paper promise to do better promise to good pulling wagon push another child push doll carraige put away toys put toys away question parent question teacher quiet herself reach cookie jar reach juice to drink read book read picture book read simple book read story to mother read world round realise new fact receive birthday gift receive gift receive gift from grandparents receive hug from parent remember or phone number ring doorbell roll ball roll down hill roll downhill on skates row boat rush to school say evening prayers say shut up to another child say suprising things see adults often act stupid separate squares from circles set table share toy share toy with friend share toys shoulder responsibility shout yippee show toy to friend sign name smell cookies smell flower sort box of blocks sound out word stand on chair star at home star in school play start crying state name state obvious stay home sick from school step on crack storm out of anger succeed at school take bath take cookies from jar take music lessons take shower talk at warly age teach adult tear paper tell lie thank grandmother for gift thank parents throw ball throw small television tie knot tie shoes touch animal touch apple touch cat touch puppy touch sky trade pokemon cards trade toys with another child turn doorknob visit grandparents visit parent visit zoo voice opinion walk dog walk to school wash before dinner watch cartoons watch television wave bye bye wave goodbye wear dress wear jacket wedge herself into hiding place wet bed wet pants whine win heart win spelling bee wind clockwork toy wind toy wind up top wish for new bicycle wish for santa to come wish to fly wonder about clouds wonder about world wonder what bugs think about wonder why wonder why sky blue wonder why stars twinkle
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Chester Childs Hill Indigo child International Day of the Girl Child Velcro child a burnt child dreads the fire abandoned child syndrome antichild barrel child battered child syndrome belchild biochild birthchild black child boomerang child boychild brainchild butterfly child call someone everything but a child of God child abuse child abuser child actor child benefit child birth child bride child car seat child care child carrier child category child diddler child endangerment child groom child labor child labour child language child lifter child lock child minder child molestation child molester child neglect child node child of the kitchen child of the manse child porn child pornography child prodigy child prostitution child restraint child safety seat child seat child sex abuse child sex crime child sex tourism child sexual abuse child sexual abuse material child soldier child support child toucher child trafficking child's play child-bearing child-bed child-birth child-bride child-centered child-crowing child-directed speech child-free child-fucker child-great child-in-law child-like child-mind child-nature child-rearing child-toucher childbearer childbearing childbed childbirth childcare childcarer childcaring childfucker childhood childie childification childish childism childkind childless childlike childline childling childlore childlove childlover childmind childminder childness childproof childraiser childraising childrearer childrearing childsafe childship childspeak childtime childwear choirchild chomo chrisom child cowchild dog-child dreamchild elf-child feral child flower child foster child get with child girlchild glass child god-child godchild golden child grand-child grandchild heavy with child home child honey child honey chile iPad child inner child innocent as the child unborn it is a wise child that knows his own father it takes a village to raise a child latch-key child latchkey child love child love-child lovechild maid child maid-child man child man-child manchild merchild middle child minor child moonchild natural child nonchild once a man, twice a child once a woman, twice a child one-child policy only child password child poster child pretermitted child problem child saleschild schoolchild semichild single child snowchild snowflake child sooner child spare the rod and spoil the child spirit child street child subchild superchild sweet summer child thalidomide child the burnt child dreads the fire the burnt child fears the fire twichild two child problem unborn child unchild war child well-child clinic whole child wild child with child wolf child wolf-child woman child woman-child womanchild womb-child wombchild wonderchild
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adolescent adoption adult adulthood age all sexes another anything baby baby adult being big big baby boy boy girl caused chield childe childermas considered cultural culture data daughter daughter son derivative derive ears ears eyes either elder elder baby eyes face families family family member father female few few years figurative from parents general general term generic generic term girl girl boy granddaughter has human human being human kid human nature human offspring infant initiation item its its parents juvenile juvenile human kid kids legal lenormand little little age little boy little human little kid little people little person little you low low age majority man member mom mother mother father mothers mothers spawn name natural nature nice nice one object offspring old old infant one one kid orling parent parent has parent offspring parents particularly people person place process product progeny puberty reach regardless relative role school sexes single single kid small small adult small human small kid small people small person something son son daughter spawn spawned spawned human subservient term their their parent toddler tot toys tribe years yet young young adult young age young boy young human young kid young man young offspring young one young person young relative young son youngster youth
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.