baby

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Definition of BABY

1

a recently born person <the baby is just learning to sit up, so be careful>

Synonyms babe, bambino, child, infant, neonate, newborn

Related Words cherub; foundling, nursling, suckling; preemie (also premie); papoose; bantling, kid, kiddie (also kiddy), kiddo, moppet, toddler, tot, tyke (also tike); boy, nipper, tad; juvenile, minor, youngling, youngster, youth; brat, imp, squirt, urchin, whippersnapper; girl, hoyden, tomboy

Near Antonyms adult, grown-up; elder, graybeard, oldster, old-timer, senior, senior citizen

2

a member of the human race <I don't care what you want, there'll be no housecleaning for this baby>

Synonyms baby, being, bird, bod [British], body, character, cookie (or cooky), creature, customer, devil, duck, egg, face, fish, guy, head, human being, individual, life, man, mortal, party, person, personage, scout, slob, sort, soul, specimen, stiff, thing, wight

Related Words hominid, homo, humanoid; brother, fellow, fellowman, neighbor; celebrity, personality, self, somebody

Near Antonyms animal, beast, beastie, brute, critter

3

a successful result brought about by hard work <a small film that was a labor of love and the baby that the director was proudest of>

Synonyms achievement, acquirement, attainment, baby, coup, success, triumph

Related Words blockbuster, hit, jackpot, megahit, miracle, smash, winner; conquest, gain, victory, win; skill; deed, feat, performance; arrival, completion, consummation, culmination, execution, fruition, fulfillment (or fulfilment), implementation, realization

Near Antonyms botch, cock-up [British], mess, muddle, shambles; bummer, bust, catastrophe, debacle (also débâcle), disaster, dud, failure, fiasco, fizzle, flop, washout; disappointment, letdown, loss, setback

Antonyms nonachievement

4

a person who makes frequent complaints usually about little things <he becomes a big baby when his wife is out of town and he's expected to fend for himself at suppertime>

Synonyms baby, bellyacher, complainer, fussbudget, fusser, fusspot, griper, grumbler, kvetch, kvetcher, sniveler, whiner

Related Words bawler, bleater, moaner, screamer, squawker, wailer, weeper; crab, grump, malcontent

Near Antonyms happy camper