Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun latchkey_child

1 sense of latchkey child

Sense 1
latchkey child -- (a school-age child who is home without adult supervision for part of the day (especially after school until a parent returns home from work))
       => schoolchild, school-age child, pupil -- (a young person attending school (up through senior high school))