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 For many of this year’s chicks, the next milestone will be receiving a name on the anniversary of their hatch days next year. — Adela Suliman, NBC news, 1 Sep. 2026 The lone male, meanwhile, worked overtime to feed both nests of hungry chicks. — Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 25 Aug. 2026 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

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Noun

The passage about the group of hippies going out to the pueblo and giving the Native kids LSD and hooking up on the tribe’s sacred ground until they get run off is priceless.

— Maggie McGowan, The New York Review of Books, 5 Sep. 2026
Each year, Kenny Wilson and her husband pile their two kids into the car and drive hours from her Texas home to a cruise port in Galveston.

— Alex Harring, CNBC, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of kids

Noun

But in late July, the Wittes told families Nova Roots was closing, leaving them scrambling to enroll their children elsewhere.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 5 Sep. 2026
Clancy, who was accused of murdering her three children in January 2023, has been in the national spotlight the last few weeks as her trial was live-streamed.

— Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of children

Noun

McFadden did face questions during the discussion about the potential of once again housing juveniles at Jail North.

— Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 2 Sep. 2026
The name of the teenager was not released due to a law that prohibits the identification of juveniles charged with federal crimes.

— Tom Winter, NBC news, 1 Sep. 2026