child-friendly

Meanings

1. 1adjectivecomparable

   Designed, arranged or suitable so that children can use it easily and safely or will enjoy it.

   Grammar: Goes before a noun or after be: a child-friendly café; the hotel is very child-friendly.

   Patterns

   • a child-friendly place
   • be child-friendly

   We chose a child-friendly hotel with a kids' pool.

   The museum has a child-friendly guide with simple words.

   Is this recipe child-friendly, or too spicy?

2. 2adjectivebefore a noun

   Written or presented in simple language that children can understand.

   Grammar: Describes information or text: child-friendly language.

   Patterns

   • child-friendly language

   The report includes a child-friendly summary.

   Teachers wrote child-friendly rules for the classroom.

Word forms

Common combinations

child-friendly menu

The child-friendly menu includes pasta and fruit.

child-friendly environment

A child-friendly environment has soft corners and low shelves.

child-friendly design

The park uses child-friendly design throughout.

child-friendly version

There is a child-friendly version of the story.

truly child-friendly

Few cafés are truly child-friendly.

Synonyms and how they differ

kid-friendly

Kid-friendly is more casual and mostly American, and is common in marketing.

family-friendly

Family-friendly suits adults and children together, not only children.

child-safe

Child-safe focuses on safety rather than enjoyment or ease of use.

Opposites

Word family

child noun

a young person

childlike adjective

having a child's innocence

friendly adjective

kind and pleasant

childproof adjective

made so children cannot open or damage it

Commonly confused: child-friendly or childish?

Practice

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