| nestling | | |
| n. (animal) | 1. baby bird, nestling | young bird not yet fledged. |
| ~ young bird | a bird that is still young. |
| n. (person) | 2. child, fry, kid, minor, nestling, nipper, shaver, small fry, tiddler, tike, tyke, youngster | a young person of either sex.; "she writes books for children"; "they're just kids"; "`tiddler' is a British term for youngster" |
| ~ child's body | the body of a human child. |
| ~ juvenile, juvenile person | a young person, not fully developed. |
| ~ bairn | a child: son or daughter. |
| ~ 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.; "Mozart was a child prodigy" |
| ~ foster-child, foster child, fosterling | a child who is raised by foster parents. |
| ~ scamp, imp, monkey, rapscallion, rascal, scalawag, scallywag | one who is playfully mischievous. |
| ~ kiddy | a young child. |
| ~ orphan | a child who has lost both parents. |
| ~ peanut | a young child who is small for his age. |
| ~ picaninny, piccaninny, pickaninny | (ethnic slur) offensive term for a Black child. |
| ~ poster child | a child afflicted by some disease or deformity whose picture is used on posters to raise money for charitable purposes.; "she was the poster child for muscular dystrophy" |
| ~ kindergartener, kindergartner, preschooler | a child who attends a preschool or kindergarten. |
| ~ silly | a word used for misbehaving children.; "don't be a silly" |
| ~ sprog | a child. |
| ~ bambino, toddler, yearling, tot | a young child. |
| ~ urchin | poor and often mischievous city child. |
| ~ street child, waif | a homeless child especially one forsaken or orphaned.; "street children beg or steal in order to survive" |
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