Age and Ageing

A young person who is developing from a child into an adult.

A fully grown person who is legally responsible for their actions.

The state of being an adult

Belonging to a period of history that is thousands of years in the past. Very old; having existed for a very long time

A very young child or animal

A male child or a young male person

• A young human who is not yet an adult <I lived in London as a child>
• A son or daughter of any age <They have three grown-up children>
• A person who is strongly influenced by the ideas and attitudes of a particular time or person <A child of the 90s>
• IDM Be child`s play (informal) to be very easy to do, so not even a child would find it difficult

The period of sb´s life when they are a child

• Connected with or typical of a child <childish handwriting>
• Behaving in a stupid or silly way (immature) <Don´t be so childish!>

(of people) used as a polite word for "old" <an elderly couple>

A female child or a young woman. A man´s girlfriend (old-fashioned)