Child and Root

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Child

Child noun - A condition or occurrence traceable to a cause.
Usage example: widespread stress is the child of the frenetic pace of the modern world
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Root is an antonym for child.
Nearby Words: childish, childishness, childhood, childishly, childless

Root

Root noun - A point or place at which something is invented or provided.
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Child is an antonym for root.
Nearby Words: rooted, rootless, rooter, rooting, rootlet
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How words are described

female female child female root
true true child true root
single single child single root
small small child small root
Other adjectives: actual, real, titular, last.

Both words in one sentence

  • Film / Freddy vs. Jason Loads of fans root for Jason over Freddy; he may be a mindless supernatural killing machine, but at least he's not a child molester and expressly sadistic murderer.
    Source: Film / Freddy vs. Jason
  • Across the Wide and Lonesome Prairie features a young child dying from sampling hemlock mistaken for root vegetables along with a few wagons getting lost in the river.
    Source: Literature / Dear America
  • Zombie Infectee Unfortunately, Nick's friend Carlos was infected as a child and you can see him scratching himself all over in cutscenes, indicating that the infection is taking root.
    Source: Zombie Infectee
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Root or Child. 2016. Accessed August 07, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/child/root.

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