Synonyms for baby
ˈbeɪ biba·by

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1. babyadjective

   To coddle.

   a baby boy

   Synonyms:
   little

2. babynoun

   Synonyms:
   babys, love, babby, babbie, big baby, infant, babe

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1. baby, babe, infantnoun

   a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk

   "the baby began to cry again"; "she held the baby in her arms"; "it sounds simple, but when you have your own baby it is all so different"

   Synonyms:
   infant, child, babe, sister

2. babynoun

   the youngest member of a group (not necessarily young)

   "the baby of the family"; "the baby of the Supreme Court"

   Synonyms:
   infant, child, babe, sister

3. child, babynoun

   an immature childish person

   "he remained a child in practical matters as long as he lived"; "stop being a baby!"

   Synonyms:
   nestling, tiddler, fry, babe, sister, child, youngster, shaver, tyke, nipper, minor, kid, small fry, tike, infant

4. babynoun

   an unborn child; a human fetus

   "I felt healthy and very feminine carrying the baby"; "it was great to feel my baby moving about inside"

   Synonyms:
   infant, child, babe, sister

5. baby, babe, sisternoun

   (slang) sometimes used as a term of address for attractive young women

   Synonyms:
   infant, sis, child, babe, sister

6. babynoun

   a very young mammal

   "baby rabbits"

   Synonyms:
   infant, child, babe, sister

7. babyverb

   a project of personal concern to someone

   "this project is his baby"

   Synonyms:
   infant, child, babe, sister

8. pamper, featherbed, cosset, cocker, baby, coddle, mollycoddle, spoil, indulgeverb

   treat with excessive indulgence

   "grandparents often pamper the children"; "Let's not mollycoddle our students!"

   Synonyms:
   pamper, frustrate, scotch, botch, bilk, itch, bungle, muck up, impair, mishandle, bumble, plunder, gratify, botch up, foil, blow, go bad, flub, fumble, vitiate, rape, thwart, ball up, featherbed, bollocks up, bollocks, screw up, baffle, mess up, luxuriate, despoil, deflower, louse up, bollix, mar, indulge, muff, violate, pander, cocker, foul up, cross, fluff, mollycoddle, bobble, coddle, bollix up, cosset, spoil, corrupt, bodge

Matched Categories

1. • Fetus
   • Offspring
   • Person
   • Young Mammal

Editors ContributionRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. newborn

   newborns are babies just born.

   my neighbor is at the hospital to visit the his daughter's newborn.

   Submitted by rinat on August 26, 2019  

2. coddling

   to treat with excessive care or kindness.

   some parents like to coddle their kids way too much.

   Submitted by JP03 on January 22, 2015  

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1. babynoun

   Synonyms:
   infant, BABE

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1. babyadjective

   Synonyms:
   infantine, infantile, babyish

2. babynoun

   Synonyms:
   infant, babe, suckling, nursling, child

3. babyverb

   Synonyms:
   humor, fondle, indulge, coddle, pet, cosset

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1. List of paraphrases for "baby":

   babe, honey, darling, sweetie, sweetheart, walkers, infant, doll, child, babies, kid, bebe, dear, hon, little, coco, infants, bub, chérie, toddler, chéri, small

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How to use baby in a sentence?

1. Bhim Bahadur Gurung:

   She wants to go home, she has been crying for her mother. My wife wants to come here, but it's very difficult. She has to look after the baby and besides, the journey is long.

2. Monty Weber:

   Our daughter [her sister] called and said she took off in the middle of the night, didn’t bring clothes or nothing, just grabbed the baby. We figured somebody came and picked her up.

3. Masahiro Sasaki:

   I saw a dead mother still holding her blackened baby in the water. Some people looked as though they were wearing kimonos, but that was their skin hanging from own bodies. I couldn't believe that it was real.

4. Melissa Gilbert:

   He had me read a scene, i had auditioned, and then he said: ‘I’ve written this special scene for you, I’d like you to do it with the actor. I want to see the chemistry with the two of you.’ And the whole scene was just my character on her hands and knees saying, ‘Do me, baby.’ Really dirty, horrible.

5. Helen Anderson:

   The baby has a very sensitive palette so they can detect those small changes.