child's play

noun

1

: an extremely simple task or act

2

: something that is insignificant

figuring out the password was child's play

Synonyms

• bagatelle
• frippery
• nonproblem
• nothing
• picayune
• shuck(s)
• small beer
• small change
• trifle
• triviality

Examples of child's play in a Sentence

Landing a job should be child's play for someone with his skills.

the injury is child's play, just a scratch

Recent Examples on the Web

While eating candy is easy, figuring out the specifics of taxing candy is far from child's play. —Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024

Even though Activate's games in Dubai are the same as the ones in its North American sites, the expansion still wasn't child's play. —Caroline Reid, Forbes, 21 Sep. 2024

Baby stroller design: Not child's play Baby strollers, once just merely a means for transporting a baby, have become thousand-dollar accessories. —David Morgan, CBS News, 18 May 2024

Suddenly that Pantone-perfect bouncy house is looking a little like, well, child's play. —Leena Kim, Town & Country, 18 July 2023

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

child's play

noun

: something that is very easy to do or is unimportant