Child
Child noun - A human offspring (son or daughter) of any age.
Usage example: they had three children
Parent
Parent noun - A father or mother; one who begets or one who gives birth to or nurtures and raises a child; a relative who plays the role of guardian.
How words are described
| sweet | sweet child | sweet parent |
| human | human child | human parent |
| good | good child | good parent |
| female | female child | female parent |
| Other adjectives: normal, foster, perfect, average, dead, single, poor, actual, real, male, young, new, mysterious, surrogate, said, surviving, older, adopted, favorite, biological. | ||
Both words in one sentence
- A Finnish equivalent of this is to be called täti by a child or a parent talking to their child.
Source: Ma'am Shock -
A simple parent/child conflict (such as a parent disapproving of the music his/her child enjoys) is not an example of this.
Source: The Generation Gap - If they aren't redeemed, expect the parent to cross to the level 4, the child to forgive them while acknowledging implicitly all this damage or the parent and the child to be estranged.
Cite this Source
Parent and Child. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/child/parent
Child & Parent. N.p., 2016. Web. 14 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/child/parent>.
Parent or Child. 2016. Accessed August 14, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/child/parent.
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