| child abuse | the physical or emotional or sexual mistreatment of children |
| child neglect | failure of caretakers to provide adequate emotional and physical care for a child |
| play child's play | activity by children that is guided more by imagination than by fixed rules, Freud believed in the utility of play to a small child |
| child's game | a game enjoyed by children |
cinch breeze
picnic
snap duck soup
child's play
pushover
walkover
piece of cake | any undertaking that is easy to do, marketing this product will be no picnic |
child pornography
kiddie porn
kiddy porn | the illegal use of children in pornographic pictures or films |
childcare
child care | a service involving care for other people's children |
| child's room | a bedroom for a child |
day nursery
day care center | a nursery for the supervision of preschool children while the parents work |
greenhouse
nursery
glasshouse | a building with glass walls and roof, for the cultivation and exhibition of plants under controlled conditions |
| nursery baby's room | a child's room for a baby |
| child's body | the body of a human child |
developmental psychology
genetic psychology
child psychology | the branch of psychology that studies the social and mental development of children |
| nursery rhyme | a tale in rhymed verse for children |
| nursery school | a small preschool for small children |
child welfare agency
child welfare service | an administrative unit responsible for social work concerned with the welfare and vocational training of children |
bastard by-blow
love child
illegitimate child
illegitimate
whoreson | the illegitimate offspring of unmarried parents |
c child
kid
youngster
minor
shaver
nipper
small fry tiddler
tike tyke fry
nestling | a young person of either sex, she writes books for children, they're just kids, `tiddler' is a British term for youngster |
| child kid | a human offspring (son or daughter) of any age, they had three children, they were able to send their kids to college |
| child baby | an immature childish person, he remained a child in practical matters as long as he lived, stop being a baby! |
| child | a member of a clan or tribe, the children of Israel |
child prodigy
infant prodigy
wonder child | a prodigy whose talents are recognized at an early age, Mozart was a child prodigy |
female child
girl little girl | a youthful female person, the baby was a girl, the girls were just learning to ride a tricycle |
fosterhild
foster child
fosterling | a child who is raised by foster parents |
hippie
hippy
hipster
flower child | someone who rejects the established culture, advocates extreme liberalism in politics and lifestyle |
| latchkey child | a school-age child who is home without adult supervision for part of the day (especially after school until a parent returns home from work) |
male child
boy | a youthful male person, the baby was a boy, she made the boy brush his teeth every night, most soldiers are only boys in uniform |
pederast
paederast
child molester | a man who has sex (usually sodomy) with a boy as the passive partner |
| poster child | a child afflicted by some disease or deformity whose picture is used on posters to raise money for charitable purposes, she was the poster child for muscular dystrophy |
schoolchild
school-age child
pupil | a young person attending school (up through senior high school) |
waif
street child | a homeless child especially one forsaken or orphaned, street children beg or steal in order to survive |
| child support | court-ordered support paid by one spouse to the other who has custody of the children after the parents are separated |
child-proof
childproof | make safe against children, childproof the apartment |
big(p)
enceinte
expectant
gravid
great(p)
large(p)
heavy(p)
with child(p) | in an advanced stage of pregnancy, was big with child, was great with child |
| child-centered | designed to promote a child's personal qualities rather than to provide training or information |