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children

[chil-druhn] / ˈtʃɪl drən /
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

Example Sentences

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While some praise this, others see an out-of-control system in which children barely out of middle school have agents and social-media strategies, while education is an afterthought.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 10, 2026

And among parents of school-aged children, I didn’t find very significant discrepancies in telework rates between mothers and fathers.

From Salon • May 10, 2026

Parents have been urged to know where their children are after disturbances in east Belfast on Saturday evening.

From BBC • May 10, 2026

Uhrman, who raised two children while building a successful career as a media and entertainment executive, speaks from experience.

From Los Angeles Times • May 10, 2026

The children, still arguing, were unaware what horror would soon befall them.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman