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child

How many syllables in child?

  1 syllable

Divide child into syllables:   child
Syllable stress:   child
How to pronounce child:   ch-eye-ld
How to say child:

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Define child



noun
  1. youger person
  2. kid
  3. minor

adjective
  1. immature
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Synonyms for child


1 syllable
  • babe
  • girl
  • lass
  • spawn
  • tot
  • boy
  • kid
  • son
  • teen
2 syllables
  • baby
  • infant
  • newborn
  • outcome
  • result
  • schoolgirl
  • youngster
  • daughter
  • minor
  • offspring
  • product
  • schoolboy
  • toddler
3 syllables
  • preschooler
  • young person
4 syllables
  • childish person
5 syllables
  • immature person
  • innocent person

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What rhymes with child

1 syllable
  • filed
  • piled
  • smiled
  • tiled
  • Wilde
  • mild
  • riled
  • styled
  • wild
2 syllables
  • beguiled
  • refiled
  • reviled
3 syllables
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