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

Now in the spotlight, the case has stoked outrage and concern in China especially after a tightening of rules in the wake of another scandal – the revelation in 2018 that babies had been born from embryos gene-edited by Chinese scientist He Jiankui. — Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 31 July 2026

Women in their 20s and 30s are still having the most babies, but the birth rate for women in their 40s has increased significantly. — Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 29 July 2026

More scientifically referred to as retrograde duct flow, this is the mechanism by which breastfeeding babies shoot spit into the nipple of whomever is nursing them. — Popular Science Team, Popular Science, 29 July 2026

Rural family doctors can and do still deliver babies in the absence of ob-gyns. — Keith Humphreys, The Atlantic, 29 July 2026

An estimated 58,000 pregnant women enter jail or prison annually, and the majority are separated from their babies soon after birth. — The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 29 July 2026

She was taken to a hospital and her husband stayed behind and discovered the dead babies hidden in the boxes. — Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 29 July 2026

Anyone who spends skin-to-skin time with their babies can decrease their odds of getting a postpartum mood disorder. — Parents, 28 July 2026

Protect Your Plants Give your plant babies a bit of a boost with the addition of some orange peels. — Sarah Lyon, The Spruce, 27 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