Dictionary entry details
• KID (noun)
Meaning:
A young person of either sex
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
child; youngster; kid; minor; nipper; tiddler; tike; small fry; shaver; nestling; tyke; fry
Context examples:
she writes books for children / they're just kids / 'tiddler' is a British term for youngsters
Hypernyms ("kid" is a kind of...):
juvenile; juvenile person (a youthful person)
Meronyms (parts of "kid"):
child's body (the body of a human child)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "kid"):
bairn (a child: son or daughter)
street child; waif (a homeless child especially one forsaken or orphaned)
urchin (poor and often mischievous city child)
bambino; toddler; tot; yearling (a young child)
sprog (a child)
silly (a word used for misbehaving children)
kindergartener; kindergartner; preschooler (a child who attends a preschool or kindergarten)
poster child (a child afflicted by some disease or deformity whose picture is used on posters to raise money for charitable purposes)
picaninny; piccaninny; pickaninny ((offensive) a Black child)
peanut (a young child who is small for his age)
buster (a robust child)
changeling (a child secretly exchanged for another in infancy)
child prodigy; infant prodigy; wonder child (a prodigy whose talents are recognized at an early age)
foster child; foster-child; fosterling (a child who is raised by foster parents)
imp; monkey; rapscallion; rascal; scalawag; scallywag; scamp (one who is playfully mischievous)
kiddy (a young child)
orphan (a child who has lost both parents)
Meaning:
Soft smooth leather from the hide of a young goat
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Synonyms:
kidskin; kid
Context example:
kid gloves
Hypernyms ("kid" is a kind of...):
leather (an animal skin made smooth and flexible by removing the hair and then tanning)
Meaning:
English dramatist (1558-1594)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Kyd; Thomas Kid; Thomas Kyd; Kid
Instance hypernyms:
dramatist; playwright (someone who writes plays)
Meaning:
A human offspring (son or daughter) of any age
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
child; kid
Context examples:
they had three children / they were able to send their kids to college
Hypernyms ("kid" is a kind of...):
issue; offspring; progeny (the immediate descendants of a person)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "kid"):
army brat (the child of a career officer of the United States Army)
babe; baby; infant (a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk)
female offspring (a child who is female)
male offspring; man-child (a child who is male)
stepchild (a child of your spouse by a former marriage)
Holonyms ("kid" is a member of...):
family; family unit (primary social group; parents and children)
Meaning:
Young goat
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("kid" is a kind of...):
caprine animal; goat (any of numerous agile ruminants related to sheep but having a beard and straight horns)
• KID (verb)
Meaning:
Tell false information to for fun
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
pull the leg of; kid
Context example:
Are you pulling my leg?
Hypernyms (to "kid" is one way to...):
befool; cod; dupe; fool; gull; put on; put one across; put one over; slang; take in (fool or hoax)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Meaning:
Be silly or tease one another
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
banter; chaff; jolly; josh; kid
Context example:
After we relaxed, we just kidded around
Hypernyms (to "kid" is one way to...):
bait; cod; rag; rally; razz; ride; tantalise; tantalize; taunt; tease; twit (harass with persistent criticism or carping)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s somebody
