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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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The Grammy-winning songwriter has a new PBS special and an album of old tunes he describes as his ‘problem children.’

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2026

"I got my children to safety abroad," she told AFP.

From Barron's ● Nov. 13, 2026

The wife has no children, just inherited $1.4 million from her father, and wants a new financial agreement with her husband to protect that money from his daughter in the event her husband outlives her.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 13, 2026

They are today best enjoyed by very young children.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026

The human children crested the hill, a dozen silhouettes backlit by the rippling green light of Progress.

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

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