tiddler

1. 1.

   a young person of either sex

   “she writes books for children”

   “they're just kids”

   “`tiddler' is a British term for youngster”

   Synonymschildkidyoungsterminorshavernippersmall frytiketykefrynestling

   Broaderjuvenile

   Narrowerbairnbusterchangelingchild prodigyfoster-childimpkiddyorphanpeanutpickaninny

   Partschild's body

Other forms of tiddler

plural

tiddlers·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about tiddler

What does tiddler mean?

tiddler means "a young person of either sex".

How many syllables are in tiddler?

tiddler has 2 syllables: tidd-ler. The stress falls on "tidd".

What is another word for tiddler?

Close synonyms include child, kid, youngster, minor, shaver. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is tiddler a common word?

tiddler is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.