INFANT Synonyms: 78 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

ˈin-fənt

Definition of infant

as in child

a recently born person infants should be kept warm at all times

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infant

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adjective

as in embryonic

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Noun

Detectives from the department, along with officials from the DeKalb County Medical Examiner's Office, responded to the Decatur home to determine the circumstances surrounding the infant's death. — CBS News, 7 Oct. 2026 Zhang and Xuan were first arrested in May 2025 after a hospital reported that their 2-month-old infant had a traumatic head injury, the result of a nanny at the home violently shaking the baby, according to Arcadia police. — ABC News, 6 Oct. 2026

Adjective

Thorsen helped lead research for the CDC studying infant disabilities, according to prosecutors. — Sasha Pezenik, ABC News, 8 May 2026 The lawsuit further alleged that the chain sold expired infant formula and baby food products, prosecutors said. — Caelyn Pender, Mercury News, 27 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for infant

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Noun

The dramatic lighting and wax museums are just spooky enough to summon the spirit of the witch trials without being off-putting for children.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Oct. 2026
In total, the UK spent £145 billion on benefits for working-age people and children – including incapacity and disability benefits (£77 billion); housing benefit (£37 billion); and child benefit (£13 billion).

— The Week UK, TheWeek, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of child

Adjective

By zooming in on the earliest stages of embryonic development in mice models, the researchers found that the hindbrain follows a separate, but parallel, developmental path than the forebrain.

— Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 24 Sep. 2026
These Yamanaka factors effectively induce cells to return to an earlier embryonic stage by genetically reprogramming them.

— Venki Ramakrishnan, Scientific American, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of embryonic

Noun

Hasan was convicted of carrying out the attack, which killed 14 people at the Texas military base, including an unborn baby, before a military jury and was sentenced to death in 2013.

— Robert Blankenship, The Washington Examiner, 6 Oct. 2026
There are bespoke treatments by Bamford and renowned Irish skin care brand Voya (the Seaweed Leaf Wrap will leave your skin feeling baby-soft).

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of baby

Adjective

Within weeks of the CEO change, however, the budding bromance was officially dead.

— Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 19 Sep. 2026
Following the characters’ daily lives as tweens, the series shows us a much more vulnerable Angelica (Cheryl Chase), and a not-so-bald Tommy’s (Elizabeth Daily) imagination evolving into a budding filmmaking career.

— Skyler Trepel, Entertainment Weekly, 20 June 2026

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Carter’s is considered North America’s largest and most-enduring apparel company, catering to newborns up to size 14, and one of America’s oldest brands, period.

— David Moin, Footwear News, 2 Oct. 2026
But many also can’t afford the childcare rates for newborns, which tend to be particularly high.

— Megan Kuykendoll, The Conversation, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of newborn

Adjective

This would have been a primordial black hole (PBH), a hypothesized object formed in the universe’s earliest moments.

— Jonathan O'Callaghan, Scientific American, 2 Oct. 2026
So evolving from the ocean to the land, just like any primordial creature would.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of primordial

Noun

The playground is less playground, more sprawling treehouse, complete with climbing structures, waterslides, and two toddler-friendly pools.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Oct. 2026
Months of text messages showed the farm’s owner knew from the start that a toddler was drinking her milk.

— CNN Money, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of toddler

Adjective

Over nearly two centuries in trade, the company has dealt in germinal francs, Poincaré francs, de Gaulle francs, and euros, always remaining family-owned.

— Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2026
Vaccines combining slow release and follicle targeting of antigens increase germinal center B cell diversity and clonal expansion.

— Ian Randall, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 June 2025

Definition of germinal

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