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

Meanwhile, local Church leaders hope the pope's visit will repair the Church's standing after a crushing 2021 report found that some 330,000 French children had been abused by Catholic clergy and lay leaders over seven decades. — Joshua McElwee, Arkansas Online, 26 Sep. 2026

Recently, the Illinois Department of Public Health released its new immunization guidance for children and adults heading into the fall respiratory virus season and school year. — Chicago Tribune, 26 Sep. 2026

Meanwhile, Lamas, who has six children, has been married five times. — Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2026

The family’s statement Thursday called Copenhaver above all else a devoted husband, father and grandfather who instilled the values of hard work, integrity and the service to others in his children. — Gene Johnson, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026

While developing her next feature, Coppola has spent this retrospective year taking stock, watching with a familiar pride as her own children pursue creative paths. — Ben Croll, Variety, 25 Sep. 2026

For example, the philosopher Darrel Moellendorf argues that children should have the same opportunity to become a banker wherever in the world they are born. — J. Toby Reiner, The Conversation, 18 Sep. 2026

Keep children and pets away, photograph it from a safe distance, and contact your local Extension office or state department of agriculture for help. — Sj McShane, Martha Stewart, 18 Sep. 2026

As a result, military doctors are instructed not to prescribe testosterone therapy to anyone hoping to have children in the near future. — ABC News, 18 Sep. 2026