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plural of child.

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children

[chil-druhn] / ˈtʃɪl drən /

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brood n.
family n.
flesh and blood n.
posterity n.
progeny n.

NOUN

brood

Synonyms

STRONGEST

offspring

STRONG

breed chicks clutch descendants family flock hatch infants issue litter posterity progeny scions seed young

WEAK

begats progeniture

Antonyms

STRONG

parent

WEAK

child

NOUN

family

Synonyms

STRONGEST

clan folk group house household people tribe

STRONG

ancestors ancestry birth blood brood class descendants descent dynasty extraction forebears genealogy generations genre in-laws inheritance issue kind kindred line lineage network parentage pedigree progenitors progeny race relations relationship relatives siblings strain subdivision system

WEAK

heirs and assigns kith and kin menage ménage

Antonyms

STRONG

parent

NOUN

flesh and blood

Synonyms

WEAK

blood relative clay consanguinean family kids kin kith and kin offspring organism relatives uterine kin

NOUN

posterity

Synonyms

STRONG

breed brood descendants family heirs issue lineage offspring progeny scions seed stock successors

WEAK

next generation progeniture succeeding generations unborn

Antonyms

STRONG

parent

WEAK

past

NOUN

progeny

Synonyms

STRONG

breed descendants family get issue kids lineage posterity race scions seed stock young

WEAK

begats progeniture

Antonyms

STRONG

parent

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Prince Harry told the BBC last year he couldn't "see a world in which I would bring wife and children back to the UK"

From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026

"We need to keep pace with a rapidly evolving market and continue to take action to protect children from nicotine products."

From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026

Prince Harry and Meghan have enrolled their two children to be educated in a British school starting in September.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026

Harry and Meghan have lived in California since stepping down as working royals in 2020 and the children had not seen their grandfather since 2022.

From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026

I biked to Bos en Hoven Straat and then with Flip and the children who happened to be at home, hurried to the Haarlem station.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

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