child
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a young person of either sex
she writes books for children
Types & categories
- juvenile hypernym
- bairn hyponym
- buster hyponym
- changeling hyponym
- child prodigy hyponym
- foster-child hyponym
- scamp hyponym
- kiddy hyponym
- orphan hyponym
- peanut hyponym
- pickaninny hyponym
- poster child hyponym
- preschooler hyponym
- silly hyponym
- sprog hyponym
- yearling hyponym
- urchin hyponym
- waif hyponym
Parts & wholes
- child's body part meronym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 noun
a human offspring (son or daughter) of any age
they had three children
Types & categories
- offspring hypernym
- army brat hyponym
- baby hyponym
- female offspring hyponym
- male offspring hyponym
- stepchild hyponym
Parts & wholes
- family unit member holonym
Related & opposite
- parent antonym
Sense 3 noun
an immature childish person
he remained a child in practical matters as long as he lived
Types & categories
- person hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 4 noun
a member of a clan or tribe
the children of Israel
Types & categories
- descendant hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | puerility |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | childhood |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | childlike |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | child's body |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | juvenile |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | bairn |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | buster |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | changeling |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | child prodigy |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | foster-child |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | scamp |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | kiddy |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | orphan |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | peanut |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | pickaninny |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | poster child |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | preschooler |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | silly |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | sprog |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | yearling |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | urchin |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | waif |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | parent |
| 2 | member holonym | Parts & wholes | family unit |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | offspring |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | army brat |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | baby |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | female offspring |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | male offspring |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | stepchild |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | puerility |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | infancy |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | person |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | descendant |