Vocabolario

child

/tʃaɪld/

Esempio: “The child is playing.”

Sinonimi: kid, minor

Antonimi: adult

frolic

Verbo

Esempio: “Children frolic in the park.”

Sinonimi: play, jump around

Antonimi: mourn

welfare

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The program supports child welfare.”

Sinonimi: well-being, support

Antonimi: hardship

angel

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The child looks like an angel.”

Sinonimi: heavenly being

Antonimi: devil

girl

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The girl is smart.”

Sinonimi: female child

Antonimi: boy

baby

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The baby is sleeping.”

Sinonimi: infant, little child

Antonimi: adult

toy

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The child has a toy.”

Sinonimi: plaything

Antonimi: tool

boy

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The boy is happy.”

Sinonimi: male child

Antonimi: girl

parent

Sostantivo

Esempio: “A parent takes care of a child.”

Sinonimi: mother, father

Antonimi: child

daughter

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Their daughter is happy.”

Sinonimi: girl child

Antonimi: son

crayon

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The child draws with a crayon.”

garden

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The children play in the garden.”

Sinonimi: yard

precocious

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The child was precocious and unusually articulate.”

Sinonimi: advanced, gifted

Antonimi: immature, slow-developing

trampoline

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The children jumped on the trampoline all afternoon.”

Sinonimi: springy jumping surface

Antonimi:

exuberance

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The child’s exuberance filled the room.”

Sinonimi: enthusiasm, energy

Antonimi: gloom, reserve

pee

Verbo

Esempio: “The child said he needed to pee.”

Sinonimi: urinate

Antonimi:

mud

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The children were covered in mud.”

Sinonimi: wet dirt

Antonimi: clean ground

kid

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The kids were playing outside.”

Sinonimi: child

Antonimi: adult

jelly

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The children ate strawberry jelly.”

Sinonimi: gel dessert

Antonimi:

clown

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The clown made the children laugh.”

Sinonimi: funny performer

Antonimi:

adult

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Every adult must carry identification.”

Sinonimi: grown-up

Antonimi: child

sing

Verbo

Esempio: “The children sing in the morning.”

Sinonimi: perform music

Antonimi: be silent

most

Determinante

Esempio: “Most children like games.”

Sinonimi: majority

Antonimi: least

indulgently

Avverbio

Esempio: “The teacher smiled indulgently at the child’s imagination.”

Sinonimi: leniently, tolerantly

Antonimi: strictly, severely

compliantly

Avverbio

Esempio: “The child sat compliantly and listened.”

Sinonimi: obediently, submissively

Antonimi: defiantly, resistantly

tend

Verbo

Esempio: “Children tend to learn languages quickly.”

Sinonimi: be likely to, care for

Antonimi: avoid

sand

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The children played in the sand for hours.”

Sinonimi: fine grains

Antonimi: rock

amused

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The children were amused by the clown.”

Sinonimi: entertained

Antonimi: bored

mommy

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Mommy made breakfast for us.”

Sinonimi: mom

Antonimi:

merry

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The children were merry during the holiday.”

Sinonimi: cheerful

Antonimi: sad

ghost

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The child was afraid of ghosts.”

Sinonimi: spirit

Antonimi: human

daddy

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Daddy is coming home soon.”

Sinonimi: dad

Antonimi:

patronizingly

Avverbio

Esempio: “He explained it patronizingly, as if we were children.”

Sinonimi: condescendingly

Antonimi: respectfully

socialization

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Socialization shapes how children learn norms and behavior.”

Sinonimi: integration

Antonimi: isolation

sentimentally

Avverbio

Esempio: “He spoke sentimentally about his childhood home.”

Sinonimi: emotionally

Antonimi: coldly

adopt

Verbo

Esempio: “They decided to adopt a child.”

Sinonimi: take in

lively

Aggettivo

Esempio: “She is a lively child.”

Sinonimi: energetic

Antonimi: quiet

nurse

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The nurse helped the patient.”

Sinonimi: caregiver

Antonimi: patient

outside

Preposizione

Esempio: “The children are playing outside.”

Sinonimi: outdoors

Antonimi: inside

family

/ˈfæməli/

Esempio: “My family is small.”

Sinonimi: fellowship, home, class

school

/skuːl/

Esempio: “I go to school.”

Sinonimi: cultivate, shoal, train