All infant synonyms
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I i noun infant
- baby β A baby is a very young child, especially one that cannot yet walk or talk.
- newborn β recently or only just born.
- toddler β a person who toddles, especially a young child learning to walk.
- kid β Thomas, 1558β94, English dramatist.
- child β A child is a human being who is not yet an adult.
- suckling β Sir John, 1609β42, English poet.
- babe β Some people use babe as an affectionate way of addressing someone they love.
- bambino β a young child, esp an Italian one
- bundle β A bundle of things is a number of them that are tied together or wrapped in a cloth or bag so that they can be carried or stored.
- tot β a total.
- bairn β A bairn is a child.
- neonate β a newborn child, or one in its first 28 days.
- bantling β a young child; brat
- babe in arms β (Idiomatic) An infant.
- preschooler β a child below the official school starting age, usually a child up to age five.
- nursling β an infant, child, or young animal being nursed or being cared for by a nurse.
adjective infant
- youthful β characterized by youth; young.
- inceptive β beginning; initial.
- initiatory β introductory; initial: an initiatory step toward a treaty.
- green β of the color of growing foliage, between yellow and blue in the spectrum: green leaves.
- underived β not derived; fundamental, as an axiom or postulate; immediate.
- young β being in the first or early stage of life or growth; youthful; not old: a young woman.
- half-grown β advanced in growth: a grown boy.
- toy β an object, often a small representation of something familiar, as an animal or person, for children or others to play with; plaything.
- bake β If you bake, you spend some time preparing and mixing together ingredients to make bread, cakes, pies, or other food which is cooked in the oven.
- preschool β of, relating to, or intended for a child between infancy and school age: new methods of preschool education.
- smallish β rather small.
- original β belonging or pertaining to the origin or beginning of something, or to a thing at its beginning: The book still has its original binding.
- mini β miniskirt.
- derivative β A derivative is something which has been developed or obtained from something else.
- girllike β Resembling a girl.
- germinal β being in the earliest stage of development: germinal ideas.
- nascent β beginning to exist or develop: That nascent republic is holding its first election this month.
- unfledged β not fledged; without sufficient feathers for flight, as a young bird.
- punker β Slang. something or someone worthless or unimportant. a young ruffian; hoodlum. an inexperienced youth. a young male partner of a homosexual. an apprentice, especially in the building trades. Prison Slang. a boy.
- half-formed β external appearance of a clearly defined area, as distinguished from color or material; configuration: a triangular form.
- infantile β characteristic of or befitting an infant; babyish; childish: infantile behavior.
- jellybean β a small, bean-shaped, usually brightly colored candy with a hard sugar coating and a firm gelatinous filling.
- sophomore β a student in the second year of high school or college.
- bosky β containing or consisting of bushes or thickets
- foliate β covered with or having leaves.
- low tech β low-technology.
- juvenile β of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or suitable or intended for young persons: juvenile books.
- unweaned β to accustom (a child or young animal) to food other than its mother's milk; cause to lose the need to suckle or turn to the mother for food.
- initial β of, relating to, or occurring at the beginning; first: the initial step in a process.
- decay β When something such as a dead body, a dead plant, or a tooth decays, it is gradually destroyed by a natural process.
- dried β simple past tense and past participle of dry.
- newish β rather new.
- kidder β to talk or deal jokingly with; banter; jest with: She is always kidded about her accent.
- beardless β without a beard