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| Main Entry: | doll |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | toy person |
| Synonyms: | baby, dolly, effigy, figure, figurine, manikin, marionette, model, moppet, puppet |
| Main Entry: | marionette |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | puppet |
| Synonyms: | doll, dummy, fantoccini, figurine, manikin, moppet |
| Notes: | the word puppet originally meant 'doll' and a puppet usually goes on the hand and arm, while a marionette (or string puppet) is a jointed figure with strings or wires |
| Main Entry: | puppet |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person or toy manipulated by another |
| Synonyms: | creature, doll, dupe*, figurehead, figurine, instrument, jerk*, manikin, marionette, moppet, mouthpiece, patsy, pawn, pushover, schlemiel, servant, soft touch, stooge, tool*, victim |
| Notes: | the word puppet originally meant 'doll' and a puppet usually goes on the hand and arm, while a marionette (or string puppet) is a jointed figure with strings or wires |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | youngster |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | child |
| Synonyms: | boy, chick, cub, fledgling, girl, junior, juvenile, juvenile delinquent, kid, lad, lass, little guy, little kid, moppet, punk, pup, pupil, puppy, sapling, shaver, small fry, snotnose kid, sonny, squirt, student, teenager, teenybopper, urchin, young adult, young person, youth |
| Antonyms: | elder |
| Main Entry: | chick |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | girl |
| Synonyms: | child, moppet, sprout, woman, youngster |
| Main Entry: | bairn |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | child |
| Synonyms: | baby, daughter, infant, juvenile, kid, moppet, nipper, son, squirt, toddler, tot, tyke, young child, youngster, youth |
| Main Entry: | tot |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | child |
| Synonyms: | adolescent, anklebiter, babe, baby*, bairn, bambino, brat, bud, cherub, chick, cub, descendant, dickens, imp, infant, innocent, issue, juvenile, kid, kiddie, lamb, little angel, little darling, little doll, little one, minor, mite, moppet, neonate, nestling, newborn, nipper, nursling, offspring, preteen, progeny, pubescent, shaver, small fry, sprout, squirt, stripling, suckling, tadpole, teen, teenager, teenybopper, toddler, tyke, urchin, whippersnapper, young one, youngster, youth |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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