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babe

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of babe

1 a person who is just starting out in a field of activity

  • although I worked with film for years, I'm just a babe as far as digital photography is concerned
Synonyms of babe

abecedarian, apprentice, beginner, colt, cub, fledgling, freshman, greenhorn, neophyte, newbie, newcomer, novice, novitiate, punk, recruit, rook, rookie, tenderfoot, tyro, virgin
Words Related to babe

boot

amateur, dabbler, dilettante

learner, student, trainee

candidate, entrant, probationer
Near Antonyms of babe

expert, master, pro, professional
Antonyms of babe

old hand, old-timer, vet, veteran

2 a recently born person

  • a babe in arms, too young even to crawl
Synonyms of babe

baby, bambino, child, infant, neonate, newborn
Words Related to babe

cherub

foundling, nursling, suckling

preemie (also premie)

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 of babe

adult, grown-up

elder, graybeard, oldster, old-timer, senior, senior citizen

3 slang a lovely woman

  • a celebrity magazine describing her as "a total babe"
Synonyms of babe

beauty, beauty queen, cookie (or cooky), cutie (or cutey), dolly bird [British], enchantress, eyeful, fox, goddess, honey, knockout, queen, stunner
Words Related to babe

belle, charmer, peach

bathing beauty, cover girl, pinup girl

houri

cutie-pie, dish, doll, dreamboat [slang], hottie, looker, pretty

coquette, femme fatale, siren, temptress, vamp
Near Antonyms of babe

bag, frump

crone, hag, witch

4 slang a physically attractive person

  • an ad for a beach resort depicting tanned babes of both sexes
Synonyms of babe

cutie (or cutey), dish, doll, dreamboat [slang], fox, glamour-puss, hottie, knockout, looker, showstopper, ten
Words Related to babe

beauty, eyeful, goddess, lovely, stunner

beefcake, hunk, stud, superstud
Antonyms of babe

dog

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