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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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In Melbourne, Harry was special guest at the launch of a report into the mental health of fathers of young children, produced by the charity Movember.

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026

Single older adults without adult children are particularly at risk.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 14, 2026

Here’s what to know about trading accounts for children.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026

Johnson said: "We quite often get people who don't tell their children where they're going."

From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026

From the sound of it, the human children had traveled two hundred bear paces westward.

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