| 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 |
| friendly takeover | a takeover that is welcomed by the management of the target company |
friendly fire
fratricide | fire that injures or kills an ally |
childcare
child care | a service involving care for other people's children |
| child's room | a bedroom for a child |
| 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 |
| friendly | troops belonging to or allied with your own military forces, friendlies came to their rescue |
child welfare agency
child welfare service | an administrative unit responsible for social work concerned with the welfare and vocational training of children |
Tonga
Kingdom of Tonga
Friendly Islands | a monarchy on a Polynesian archipelago in the South Pacific, achieved independence from the United Kingdom in |
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 |
friendship
friendly relationship | the state of being friends (or friendly) |
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 |
| user-friendly | easy to use |
| friendly | characteristic of or befitting a friend, friendly advice, a friendly neighborhood, the only friendly person here, a friendly host and hostess |
| friendly | of or belonging to your own country's forces or those of an ally, in friendly territory, he was accidentally killed by friendly fire |
| friendly | easy to understand or use, user-friendly computers, a consumer-friendly policy, a reader-friendly novel |
friendly
favorable
well-disposed | inclined to help or support, not antagonistic or hostile, a government friendly to our interests, an amicable agreement |
| child-centered | designed to promote a child's personal qualities rather than to provide training or information |
oriented
orientated | adjusted or located in relation to surroundings or circumstances, sometimes used in combination, the house had its large windows oriented toward the ocean view, helping freshmen become oriented to college life, the book is value-oriented throughout |