child molester

noun

Someone who has committed an act of child molestation; someone who has sexually abused a minor.

“(all slang)”

Meanings

nounchild molester (plural child molesters)

plural child molesters · alternative child-molester

  1. criminologySomeone who has committed an act of child molestation; someone who has sexually abused a minor.

    (all slang)

    1 more example

    Is there available for distribution a copy of your essay on the subject of "The Menace of the Child Molester", which has been published in connection with a work of non-fiction […]

    1967, Extent of Subversion in Campus Disorders, page 336

    Synonyms: Chester, child toucher, chimo, chomo, diaper sniper, goof, kiddy fiddler, pedocriminal

Synonyms & antonyms

nounSomeone who has committed an act of child molestation; someone who has sexually abused a minor.

More synonyms by meaning

nouna man who has sex (usually sodomy) with a boy as the passive partner

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Finnish lapsien hyväksikäyttäjä, lapsiin sekaantuja
  • lapsien hyväksikäyttäjäsomeone who has sexually abused a minor
  • lapsiin sekaantujasomeone who has sexually abused a minor
German Kinderschänder, Kinderschänderin
  • Kinderschändersomeone who has sexually abused a minor
  • Kinderschänderinsomeone who has sexually abused a minor
Japanese 児童虐待者, 児童性虐待者
  • 児童虐待者 (jidōgyakutaisha)someone who has sexually abused a minor
  • 児童性虐待者 (jidōseigyakutaisha)someone who has sexually abused a minor
Polish pedofil
  • pedofilsomeone who has sexually abused a minor
Spanish abusador de niños, abusadora de niños
  • abusador de niñossomeone who has sexually abused a minor
  • abusadora de niñossomeone who has sexually abused a minor
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APA

child molester. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/child%20molester

MLA

“child molester.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/child%20molester. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “child molester,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/child%20molester.

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