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

Diapers are synonymous with babies, who are born with highly absorbent skin. — Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 15 July 2026

Just like human babies, kittens gnaw on things to relieve the pressure and discomfort of adult teeth pushing through their gums. — Ryan Brennan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 July 2026

The bat team regularly visits the bat boxes to assess the bats, keep up with the babies and make sure the boxes aren’t attracting uninvited visitors like wasps and scorpions. — Jenny Staletovich, Miami Herald, 14 July 2026

Thousands reportedly have died in the process, including babies, children and pregnant women. — ABC News, 14 July 2026

The problem is that babies and toddlers can become dehydrated more easily. — Joseph Hernandez, Bon Appetit Magazine, 14 July 2026

Knowing that there are babies who are being assaulted right now in detention camps who don’t have a voice. — Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026

All four of the babies had been hospitalized, the federal agency said, but no deaths had been reported. — Grant Stringer, Mercury News, 8 July 2026

The Supreme Court on June 30 held that babies born in the United States are automatically citizens under the Fourteenth Amendment's Citizenship Clause. — Dan Mangan, CNBC, 8 July 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