Synonyms of babies

babies 1 of 2

noun

plural of baby

1

as in children

a recently born person

the baby is just learning to sit up, so be careful

Synonyms & Similar Words

• children
• infants
• toddlers
• kids
• newborn
• boys
• neonates
• babes
• girls
• bambinos
• cherubs
• foundlings
• sucklings
• nurslings
• kiddies
• youngsters
• juveniles
• tots
• preemies
• minors
• youths
• nippers
• tykes
• kiddos
• moppets
• urchins
• younglings
• imps
• bantlings
• tads
• squirts
• tomboys
• whippersnappers
• hoydens

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• adults
• senior citizens
• grown-ups
• elders
• seniors
• oldsters
• old-timers
• graybeards

2

as in men

a member of the human race

I don't care what you want, there'll be no more work for this baby today

Synonyms & Similar Words

• men
• people
• lives
• guys
• creatures
• things
• birds
• individuals
• humans
• souls
• bodies
• ducks
• fish
• eggs
• customers
• beings
• parties
• specimens
• human beings
• cookies
• scouts
• characters
• mortals
• sorts
• devils
• personalities
• faces
• personages
• sons of man
• bods
• heads
• fellows
• wights
• stiffs
• brothers
• slobs
• neighbors
• hominids
• homos
• celebrities
• selves
• humanoids
• fellowmen
• somebodies

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• animals
• beasts
• critters
• brutes
• beasties

3

as in accomplishments

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 & Similar Words

• accomplishments
• successes
• achievements
• triumphs
• coups
• attainments
• acquirements
• miracles
• gains
• feats
• skills
• conquests
• victories
• hits
• winners
• feathers in one's cap
• wins
• arrivals
• blockbusters
• performances
• realizations
• executions
• jackpots
• megahits
• deeds
• implementations
• completions
• fulfillments
• culminations
• fruitions
• consummations
• smashes

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• messes
• disasters
• failures
• catastrophes
• shambles
• nonachievements
• duds
• flops
• busts
• losses
• botches
• muddles
• washouts
• bummers
• debacles
• disappointments
• fiascoes
• cock-ups
• setbacks
• letdowns
• fizzles

4

as in complainers

a person who makes frequent complaints usually about little things

don't be such a baby—the shot didn't hurt that much

Synonyms & Similar Words

• complainers
• crabs
• crybabies
• whiners
• bellyachers
• snivelers
• screamers
• grumblers
• kvetchers
• fussers
• gripers
• fussbudgets
• squawkers
• bawlers
• weepers
• fusspots
• wailers
• kvetches
• moaners
• bleaters
• grumps
• malcontents

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• happy campers

babies

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of baby

as in nurses

to treat with great or excessive care

he babied his car, faithfully washing it every week

if you baby him he'll never learn to take care of himself

Synonyms & Similar Words

• nurses
• spoils
• mothers
• pampers
• indulges
• pleases
• wet-nurses
• dandles
• coddles
• delights
• cossets
• satisfies
• mollycoddles
• cockers
• appeases
• caters (to)
• contents
• humors
• soothes
• gratifies
• gladdens
• obliges
• placates
• pacifies
• mollifies

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• abuses
• controls
• maltreats
• mistreats
• disciplines
• misuses
• ill-treats
• restrains
• mishandles
• ill-uses
• oppresses
• neglects
• violates
• hurts
• manhandles
• outrages
• harms
• molests
• slights
• overlooks
• tortures
• torments
• injures
• victimizes
• persecutes
• harasses

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of babies

Noun

Each name represents a life and a story, from the longtime captain in charge to the police officer turned firefighter and the father who had twin babies at home. — Dan Krauth, ABC News, 10 Sep. 2026

Our largest launch came in February 2026, when Rx Kids expanded its reach to over 7,500 babies born each year in Detroit. — Mona Hanna, The Conversation, 10 Sep. 2026

Babies less than 8 months old who were born without such maternal vaccine protection are recommended to get a monoclonal antibody drug to protect against severe disease, as are babies at high risk between 8 and 19 months. — Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 9 Sep. 2026

There were so many young women who were pregnant that day and the fathers of the babies were lost in the towers—from firefighters to office managers. — Savannah Walsh, Vanity Fair, 9 Sep. 2026

Musk is a pronatalist who believes that the world needs more babies in order to avoid economic and social downfall. — Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2026

Meanwhile, an underreported aspect of numerous recent surrogacy scandals is that the babies of Chinese clients appear to be mixed race, often using white egg donors. — E. Alex Jung, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2026

More and more now, parents were refusing the routine vitamin K shot given to newborns to help their blood clot, and doctors were starting to see babies hemorrhaging because of it. — Eric Boodman, STAT, 3 Sep. 2026

Births in Japan have been on a downward trajectory for years and hit an all-time low in the six months between January and June last year when 339,280 babies were born. — Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2026

Verb

Each new piece was crafted to be simple, functional, and beautiful, giving parents peace of mind and babies a nurturing space to grow. — Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2025

Hummers are the smallest and lightest of birds, some weighing no more than a coin, some babies the size of a bean. — Kate Siber, Outside, 21 Oct. 2025