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kidlet

kidlet

1 8.2
A small child or young goat that people talk about in a loving, informal way
  • noun
  • /ˈkɪd.lɪt/
  • Informal
translation icon : pequeñín
  • During the party, we sang songs and played games with the kidlets.

Examples

  • Every morning, my kidlet asks for pancakes and syrup for breakfast.

  • I've made the executive decision to just buy all the non-perishable essentials we might need (tomato sauce, sultanas, and Coke being paramount to my action plan) and rely on the kidlets to remind me if I'm forgetting something.

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  • I love that your kidlets are so happy to help others.

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  • You are the most incredible kidlet, and you're not even ticklish!

  • I like that you're raising the kidlets in "The Now."

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  • My kidlet was given a genuine Tigger onesie and hat from the Disney store when he was born.

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  • It would've been so nice to sleep in, but the kidlets still need to get to school.

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  • You got any kidlets?

  • First, you need to know that I'm a librarian (former children's librarian), so taking my kidlet to the library has always been one of my favorite activities.

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  • Then I wandered back down Trinity to the hotel and had a little siesta, followed by a trip out to Santa Fe with Eric and Logan Horne and their adorable kidlets.

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Synonyms

kid
vskidlet
  • Informal
1.0

A young person, usually a child

is equally informal but implies affection more often
baby
vskidlet
1.0

A very young child or animal that cannot walk and cannot talk yet

refers to small children but not only the infant stage
youngster
vskidlet
213 1.0

A child or teenager who is not yet an adult

is more affectionate and informal rather than neutral
kiddo
vskidlet
  • Baby Talk
145 7.2

A friendly, informal way to call a child or young person

is equally friendly but also serves as a general reference
kiddie
vskidlet
  • Informal
87 7.7

A young child

is equally informal but often sounds more playful and quaint
mimi
vskidlet
  • Informal
69 9.5

A small, very cute person or animal that people often call by a nickname

is affectionate too but used more for small children broadly
munchkin
vskidlet
  • Informal
15 7.9

A small, cute child that adults call to show love

keeps affectionate tone but is less fanciful and more plain
young'un
vskidlet
  • Informal
14 9.3

A friendly way to say child or young animal

is like this but slightly more playful and affectionate
poppet
vskidlet
  • Archaic
7 7.8

A small doll or a name for a sweet child

is similarly affectionate but less like a pet name
rugrat
vskidlet
  • Slang
4 8.2

A young child who crawls or is learning to walk

covers small children broadly, not only the earliest stage
youngling
vskidlet
2 5.5

A child or baby animal not yet fully grown

is similar but used mainly for small human children affectionately
bubber
vskidlet
  • UK
2 9.9

A very young child people speak to with love

is affectionate too but applies to slightly older small children
bub
vskidlet
  • UK
1 9.8

A baby or very young child

is similar but not limited to infants and baby stages
kiddy
vskidlet
  • Informal
1 7.5

A young child

is similar but can also be used affectionately and gently
titch
vskidlet
  • UK
1 9.9

A very small person, often a child

focuses on affection for small children rather than tiny size
little rugrat
vskidlet
  • Slang
1 8.2

A small child who makes trouble in a playful way

is affectionate too but not focused on mischief
leetle
vskidlet
  • Informal
1 9.9

A small child or person treated with love and care

is equally informal and affectionate but more widely used
littlun
vskidlet
  • UK
1 9.3

A small child, said in a friendly way

is similar but can also be used jokingly rather than archaic
small fry
vskidlet
  • Informal
1 7.4

Young children who are not yet adults

is more personal and often used for a single child
little moppet
vskidlet
  • Baby Talk
1 8.4

A small, cute child often a baby or toddler

is affectionate too but may be more playful than tender
tiddler
vskidlet
  • UK
8.8

A very small child

focuses on affection rather than just small physical size
babby
vskidlet
  • UK
9.9

A very young child such as a newborn

is affectionate too but more general and less dialectal
bratling
vskidlet
  • Offensive
9.3

A small child who behaves badly, often in a playful way

is affectionate and avoids a teasing or negative edge
yard ape
vskidlet
  • Slang
9.9

A lively child who likes to climb and play noisy games

is affectionate without necessarily stressing liveliness or mischief
childe
vskidlet
  • Archaic
9.9

An old word for a child, often a boy

is modern informal speech rather than archaic or dialectal

Surface Forms

kidlet singular
kidlets plural

Morphology

kidlet = kid (transparent) = kid + let

A clear diminutive formation: 'kid' + '-let' straightforwardly signals a small or affectionate version of a kid.

Etymology

The word kidlet is a friendly, small form of kid plus the ending -let, which means 'little' and appears in words like piglet or booklet. So a kidlet is 'a little kid' and is used for a small child or sometimes a young goat.