as in kid
a young person who is between infancy and adulthood
let's go out to a restaurant where there won't be any screaming kiddos running around
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Recent Examples of kiddo
Nothing’s more fun than introducing your kiddo to classic holiday characters.
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Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 22 Oct. 2025
From the end of September until Halloween, Lorrie Scott can usually be found decorating her Ramona home in preparation for a crowd of costumed kiddos.
—Regina Elling, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Oct. 2025
There's also a little ornament that can go on the kiddo's real-life Christmas tree.
—Louryn Strampe, Wired News, 14 Oct. 2025
Fun for kiddos and reassuring for parents, the Fitbit Ace earned our Editors' Choice award for kid-friendly smartwatch.
—PC Magazine, 9 Oct. 2025
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Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 22 Oct. 2025
From the end of September until Halloween, Lorrie Scott can usually be found decorating her Ramona home in preparation for a crowd of costumed kiddos.
—Regina Elling, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Oct. 2025
There's also a little ornament that can go on the kiddo's real-life Christmas tree.
—Louryn Strampe, Wired News, 14 Oct. 2025
Fun for kiddos and reassuring for parents, the Fitbit Ace earned our Editors' Choice award for kid-friendly smartwatch.
—PC Magazine, 9 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for kiddo
Noun
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The driveway was already full of other cars arriving and various parents and kids taking photos like crazy and squealing.—
Rachel Raposas,
PEOPLE,
7 Nov. 2025
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They were married in 1968, with Miguel Bezos adopting her young son, and had two more kids, Christina and Mark.—
Vinod Sreeharsha,
Miami Herald,
7 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Under the public trees, children ran exultantly between cars.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Nov. 2025
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Villages have been burned, civilians executed, and children targeted.—
Kim Aris,
Time,
7 Nov. 2025
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“Kiddo.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kiddo. Accessed 10 Nov. 2025.
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