Synonyms of children

children

noun

plural of child

1

as in kids

a young person who is between infancy and adulthood

an imaginative animated film that appeals to adults as well as to children

Synonyms & Similar Words

• kids
• youngsters
• youths
• juveniles
• teenagers
• cubs
• adolescents
• chicks
• babies
• kiddies
• kiddos
• teens
• moppets
• monkeys
• younglings
• infants
• buds
• toddlers
• bairns
• whelps
• sprouts
• sprats
• bambinos
• schoolchildren
• preschoolers
• minors
• squirts
• chaps
• newborn
• kindergartners
• schoolkids
• tykes
• neonates
• schoolboys
• schoolgirls
• tots
• nestlings
• urchins
• weanlings
• preteens
• cherubs
• rug rats
• mischiefs
• tweens
• babes
• rascals
• teeners
• hellions
• bantlings
• whippersnappers
• imps
• lads
• teenyboppers
• nippers
• subteens
• rogues
• rapscallions
• devils
• striplings
• shavers
• tomboys
• bobby-soxers
• tads
• hoydens
• jackanapeses
• preteen-agers

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• adults
• grown-ups
• senior citizens
• elders
• seniors
• ancients
• oldsters
• middle-agers
• old-timers
• golden-agers

2

as in babies

a recently born person

wrapped the child in a blanket before taking him outside in the cold

Synonyms & Similar Words

• babies
• infants
• kids
• toddlers
• boys
• newborn
• neonates
• girls
• babes
• youngsters
• bambinos
• cherubs
• kiddies
• foundlings
• youths
• juveniles
• tykes
• sucklings
• minors
• tots
• nurslings
• preemies
• nippers
• kiddos
• urchins
• moppets
• younglings
• imps
• tomboys
• bantlings
• tads
• squirts
• whippersnappers
• hoydens

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• adults
• grown-ups
• senior citizens
• elders
• seniors
• oldsters
• old-timers
• graybeards

3

as in outcomes

a condition or occurrence traceable to a cause

widespread stress is the child of the frenetic pace of the modern world

Synonyms & Similar Words

• outcomes
• consequences
• results
• products
• resultants
• effects
• fruits
• issues
• developments
• sequels
• aftermaths
• precipitates
• fates
• implications
• matters of course
• corollaries
• sequences
• aftereffects
• conclusions
• outgrowths
• ramifications
• backwashes
• upshots
• repercussions
• echoes
• side effects
• by-products
• offshoots
• denouements
• afterclaps
• aftershocks
• ripples
• afterglows
• spin-offs
• fallouts
• blowbacks

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• reasons
• causes
• factors
• occasions
• antecedents
• considerations
• determinants
• grounds
• mothers
• foundations
• bases
• bases
• causations
• incentives
• stimuli
• sources
• roots
• origins
• springs
• groundworks
• inspirations
• impetuses
• instigations

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of children

This was him—sans manager and inching toward divorce with Sara Lownds, the mother of his first five children—acting on his own advice, gathering his friends and just getting onstage, high and electrified and focused and free. — Grayson Haver Currin, Pitchfork, 7 Nov. 2026

For families The Ritz-Carlton, Grand Cayman, has plenty of ways to keep children entertained during their stay. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Nov. 2026

OpenAI faces several lawsuits from state AGs and plaintiff attorneys, taking cues from the social media suits in alleging that the design of ChatGPT can pose risks to children. — Jonathan Vanian, CNBC, 7 Nov. 2026

The 2026 initiative encourages toy donations for children in need, with donors entered to win a Hallmark-style Christmas prize package. — Stephanie Giang-Paunon, FOXNews.com, 6 Nov. 2026

Kavedza said 161 of the victims were children aged 9 or younger. — Nimi Princewill, CNN Money, 6 Nov. 2026

That type of cajoling was repeated by my mother and her sister with their children. — Gary Barron, Chicago Tribune, 6 Nov. 2026

Title granted to the Virgin Mary in honor of her apparitions to three shepherd children (Saints Jacinta and Francisco Marto and Venerable Lucia dos Santos) in Fátima, Portugal, in 1917. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Oct. 2026