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child's play

noun

Definition of child's play

1 :an extremely simple task or act

2 :something that is insignificant

figuring out the password was child's play

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Examples of child's play in a Sentence

Landing a job should be child's play for someone with his skills.
the injury is child's play, just a scratch

First Known Use of child's play

15th century

child's play Synonyms

Synonyms

bagatelle, trifle, frippery, nonproblem, nothing, picayune, shuck (s), small beer, small change, triviality

Antonyms

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

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

Near Antonyms

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

CHILD'S PLAY Defined for English Language Learners

child's play

noun

Definition of child's play for English Language Learners

: something that is very easy to do

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