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

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

Doctors are also more likely to order the test for those at higher risk of complications from their infection, including very young babies and children, and people with weakened immune systems. — Alice Park, Time, 8 July 2026

Rising waters threaten the birds’ ability to feed their babies, said Bryant Dossman, director and principal scientist of the Audubon Everglades Research Station. — Alex Harris july 8, Miami Herald, 8 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

The landmark Ockenden report, led by maternity expert Donna Ockenden, found that over a 13-year period more than 500 mothers and babies died or came to harm due to inadequate care over a 13-year period in just one hospital trust. — K.j. Yossman, Variety, 7 July 2026

Depression and anxiety’s impact on moms and babies One drug that has been studied and enhanced our understanding of the way psychedelics work is MDMA, which is commonly known as ecstasy and causes a euphoric high. — Camille Hoffman, The Conversation, 7 July 2026

Proof that the babies aren’t born with hatred in their bellies and in their blood. — Literary Hub, 6 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