child's play

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Definition of CHILD'S PLAY

1

something of little importance <the injury is child's play, just a scratch>

Synonyms bagatelle, child's play, frippery, nonproblem, nothing, picayune, shuck(s), small beer, small change, triviality

Related Words naught (also nought), nothingness, smoke, zero; peanuts, pittance, song, straw, two bits; bunk, claptrap, drivel, folly, fribble, fudge, hogwash, humbug, humbuggery, nonsense, piffle, rot, trash, trivia; bit, crumb, dab, dram, lick, mite, ounce, particle, pinhead, scintilla, shred, smidgen (also smidgeon or smidgin or smidge), soupçon, speck, spot, tad, touch, trace

2

something that is easy to do <winning the game against those guys will be child's play>

Synonyms breeze, cake, cakewalk, child's play, cream puff, duck soup, kid stuff, picnic, pushover, roses, snap

Related Words no-brainer, nothing; sitting duck; gimme, laugher, walkaway

Near Antonyms brainteaser, poser, stumper, toughie (also toughy); bother, nuisance, trouble

Antonyms bear, beast, chore, headache, horror show, killer, labor, murder, pain, sticky wicket, stinker [slang]