CHICKS Synonyms: 82 Similar and Opposite Words

chicks

noun

plural of chick

as in kids

a young person who is between infancy and adulthood those innocent little chicks can scarcely imagine what life has in store for them

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Recent Examples of chicks The two gained viral attention in recent years after welcoming three chicks in 2025, one of which died in a winter storm. — Yi-Jin Yu, ABC News, 10 Aug. 2026 Since the pair formed in 2018, fans have watched them weather freezing winter storms, incubate eggs and dote on fuzzy chicks. — Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2026 The nonprofit said the two chicks, Sandy and Luna, were getting back into the nest when Luna jumped over Sandy, and Sandy fell from the branches. — Maddie Rhodes, USA Today, 10 Aug. 2026 The Park District expanded the birds’ habitat at the Montrose Dunes in 2021 after Monty and Rose, the first piping plovers confirmed to nest in Chicago in over half a century, unified city residents around their success raising chicks. — Finnegan Belleau, Chicago Tribune, 9 Aug. 2026 The pair has acted a foster parents to many chicks at the aquarium during their decades together. — Dan Raby, CBS News, 31 July 2026 The mother bird remains inside for weeks while the male delivers food through the tiny opening until the chicks are old enough. — Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 28 July 2026

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Noun

Kotb and her daughters posed for a summery moms-and-kids photo alongside her Today with Hoda & Jenna co-host and their executive producer Talia Parkinson.

— Diane J. Cho, PEOPLE, 9 Aug. 2026
Cheryl Reeve has been the loudest voice in favor of inclusion of transgender kids in particular.

— Sabreena Merchant, New York Times, 9 Aug. 2026

Definition of kids

Noun

Lindsay Clancy has not taken the stand, but the Massachusetts mother accused of killing her three children communicated in multiple ways at her murder trial this week.

— Andi Babineau, CNN Money, 8 Aug. 2026
Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that in 2024 nearly 9,600 children were born to foreign mothers with an official address outside the country.

— ABC News, ABC News, 8 Aug. 2026

Definition of children

Noun

Another young child was also in the vehicle at the time of the crash, according to police, who said both juveniles are under the age of 10.

— Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 7 Aug. 2026
Scarborough Marine Resource Officer Daryen Granata said many of the sharks spotted in the area are juveniles, including one captured on video by a paddleboarder.

— Aaron Parseghian, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2026