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kiddy

kiddy

9 5.4
Suitable for young children or with a simple playful style
  • adjective
  • /ˈkɪdi/
  • Informal
translation icon : infantil
  • Technically we are going to go and find the kiddie pool and the kiddies lives today.
  • kiddy pool
  • kiddy show
  • kiddy ride

Like people have grown up chats on Slack, people have kiddie chats on on Discord.

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Examples

Synonyms

juvenile
vskiddy
176 4.2

Suitable for children and young people, often simple and playful

is limited to being meant for young children rather than also young people
kiddish
vskiddy
  • Archaic
4.7

Made to please or entertain children

is about being suitable for young children rather than only entertaining
childly
vskiddy
  • Archaic
9.9

To have simple, playful, innocent ways like a small boy or girl

is broader, meaning suitable or intended for young children
kidlike
vskiddy
2.9

Having the innocent, playful curiosity of a child

focuses on traits rather than being designed or suitable for young children

Antonyms

199 3.3

Behaving like an adult and thinking sensibly

Compounds

kiddy porn
  • Offensive
1 9.9

Sexual images or videos of children that are illegal and harmful

kiddy fiddler
  • Offensive
1 9.9

An offensive term for a person who sexually abuses children

How Childish

infantile
21 6.5
childish
141 2.8
kiddy
  • Informal
9 5.4
childlike
36 3.7
mature
199 3.3

Surface Forms

kiddy positive

Morphology

kiddy = kid (transparent) = kid + y

The adjective is a regular formation from the noun 'kid' using '-y' to mean 'pertaining to or characteristic of children'.

Etymology

Kiddy is formed from kid + -y, where kid means 'child' and -y means 'small' or 'like', so kiddy describes things that are made for or like young children, meaning childish or suitable for kids.