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children
noun as in brood
noun as in family
Strong matches
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 matches
noun as in flesh and blood
Weak matches
blood relative, clay, consanguinean, family, kids, kin, kith and kin, offspring, organism, relatives, uterine kin
noun as in posterity
Strong matches
breed, brood, descendants, family, heirs, issue, lineage, offspring, progeny, scions, seed, stock, successors
Weak matches
next generation, progeniture, succeeding generations, unborn
Example Sentences
Regular visits to the dentist to fill cavities used to be a shared ordeal for millions of American children and adults.
Fluoridation revolutionized dentistry, especially for children.
Fluoridation of tap water was credited with reducing the incidence of tooth decay by as much as 70% when it was first introduced; by the mid-1980s, when other sources of fluoride, such as fortified toothpastes, were available, the effects of tooth decay in children were still 18% lower among those living in fluoridation communities than in those without it.
Since fluoride was removed from drinking water in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, in 2011, Alberta Children’s Hospital has seen dental infections requiring treatment with IV antibiotics increase by 700%, a hospital specialist told the City Council in 2019.
Half of those infections were in children younger than 5.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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