CHICKS Synonyms: 82 Similar and Opposite Words

chicks

noun

plural of chick

as in kids

a young person who is between infancy and adulthood those innocent little chicks can scarcely imagine what life has in store for them

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Recent Examples of chicks Several earlier chicks had been banded so that their subsequent movements could be tracked. — Alex Ross, New Yorker, 24 Aug. 2026 Jackie and Shadow’s 2026 chicks, Sandy and Luna, fledged only a few weeks ago. — Annie Colbert, Popular Science, 20 Aug. 2026 To pass, the chicks must be able to float and exit the water without assistance. — Megan Fahrney, ABC News, 19 Aug. 2026 In the Chesapeake Bay, osprey chicks are dying in their nests at rates not seen since the DDT era. — Mark Robichaux, Washington Post, 19 Aug. 2026 Two new Humboldt penguin chicks have joined the Milwaukee County Zoo family. — Jim Higgins, jsonline.com, 19 Aug. 2026 The chicks themselves weren’t expensive, however soymeal and corn costs were turbulent. — Sarah Glodek, Fortune, 14 Aug. 2026 Thousands of fans who have watched the couple bond and raise chicks — including two this season — are now grieving the avian icon. — Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 2026

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Noun

The fairgrounds on Tully Road will have Alaskan pigs racing, kids screaming on carnival rides and the usual assortment of huge corndogs, strawberry shortcakes and a variety of new fair food like tamales, bao buns and kabobs.

— Sal Pizarro, Mercury News, 22 Aug. 2026
The burning of fossil fuels is poisoning the air our kids breathe and endangering their present and future by overheating our planet.

— Catarina Rolfsdotter-Jansson, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026

Definition of kids

Noun

There have been no arrests made in relation to the death, police told CNN, but the father of one of Fortune’s children was arrested shortly after the discovery of her body on unrelated weapons charges, jail records show.

— Chris Boyette, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2026
Things can get even more complicated when several children or grandchildren inherit the property.

— Jim Dobson, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of children

Noun

Multiple juveniles were detained after the incident and seen in the back of police vehicles.

— Carlos E. Castañeda, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026
His adult co-defendant in Jackson’s killing was sentenced to 29 years, but juveniles, even those convicted of murder, cannot be held in custody in California beyond their 20s.

— Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2026