I.
noun ( informal )
ADJECTIVE
▪ little , young
▪ big , older
▪
The older ~s had lessons in the afternoon as well.
▪
He's like a big ~ with all this enthusiasm.
▪ cute , good , lovely ( esp. BrE ), nice
▪ cool , smart ( esp. AmE )
▪ dumb ( esp. AmE ), stupid
▪ normal
▪
She was just a normal ~.
▪ crazy , weird
▪
Now what are you two crazy ~s doing?
▪ poor
▪
I feel desperately sorry for the poor ~.
▪ rich
▪
a spoiled little rich ~
▪ fat
▪
I was the fat ~ through most of my teenage years.
▪ scrawny , skinny
▪
a skinny little ~ who looked to be no older than fourteen
▪ local , neighbourhood/neighborhood ( esp. AmE )
▪
a gang of local ~s
▪ street
▪
street ~s who rely on their ingenuity to keep alive
▪ foster
▪
They had sixteen foster ~s and two of their own.
▪ college ( esp. AmE ), high-school ( AmE ), school (usually schoolkid )
… OF KIDS
▪ bunch , couple , crowd , gang , group
▪
They're just a bunch of ~s.
VERB + KID
▪ have
▪
We both wanted to have ~s.
▪ want
▪
She had wanted more ~s.
▪ adopt , foster
▪
They had adopted three ~s.
▪ bring up , raise ( esp. AmE )
▪
I've tried to bring my ~s up to respect other people.
▪ educate , teach
▪
Here are some fun ways to teach your ~s about healthy eating.
▪ look after ( esp. BrE ), take care of , watch ( esp. AmE )
▪
She had offered to watch the ~s many times so Toby could go out.
▪ protect
▪
legislation to protect ~s from violence and harassment in their schools
PHRASES
▪ just a ~ , only a ~
▪
He's only a ~. You can't expect him to understand what's going on.
▪ like a ~
▪
She was crying like a ~.
▪ kids' stuff
▪
The movie is pure kids' stuff from beginning to end.
▪
That was kids' stuff compared with what lies ahead.
II.
adj.
Kid is used with these nouns: ↑ brother , ↑ sister