What is defined as child

noun a young human being below the age of puberty or below the legal age of majority."she'd been playing tennis since she was a child"synonymes : youngster, young one, little one, boy, girl, baby, newborn, infant, toddler, schoolboy, schoolgirl, adolescent, teenager, youth, young man, young woman, young lady, young person, young adult, juvenile, minor, junior, stripling, fledgling, whippersnapper, son, daughter, son and heir, scion, descendant, offspring, progeny, issue, neonate, bairn, wean, laddie, lassie, pickney, kid, kiddie, kiddiewink, nipper, tot, tiny, tiny tot, shaver, young 'un, lad, lass, teen, teenybopper, sprog, rug rat, ankle-biter, babe, babe in arms, hobbledehoy, brat, chit, urchin, guttersnipe

Whats defined as a child?

: a young person especially between infancy and puberty. a play for both children and adults. : a person not yet of the age of majority (see majority sense 2a) Under the law she is still a child. : a childlike or childish person.

What age is defined as a child?

The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) defines a child as everyone under 18 unless, "under the law applicable to the child, majority is attained earlier".