Child and Waif

Child

Child noun - A young person who is between infancy and adulthood.

Waif and child are semantically related in foundling topic. In some cases you can use "Waif" instead a noun "Child".

Waif

Waif noun - A homeless child especially one forsaken or orphaned.
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Synonyms for Waif

Child and waif are semantically related in foundling topic. Sometimes you can use "Child" instead a noun "Waif".

How words are described

sweet sweet child sweet waif
poor poor child poor waif
small small child small waif
helpless helpless child helpless waif
Other adjectives: little, lost, innocent, young, cute, new, creepy.

Both words in one sentence

  • Series / The Collector Waif Prophet: Gabe, a non-verbal autistic child, is one of the few people who can see through the Devil's disguises.
  • Literature / Historia Regum Britanniae Waif Prophet: As a fatherless child, Merlin not only reveals the secret of why the walls of Vortigern's fortress of Dinas Emrys collapse every night, but also delivers a prophecy of Britain's future.
  • Oracular Urchin It could be argued that she is a Waif Prophet instead, due to her being a child, and having something that is like a mental illness, after a fashion.
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