INFANTS Synonyms: 47 Similar and Opposite Words

infants

noun

plural of infant

as in children

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

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Recent Examples of infants The human neurons suffered severe, selective damage, mimicking the cellular breakdown that causes cerebral palsy in human infants during difficult childbirths. — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 17 Sep. 2026 The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommends that all infants ride in rear-facing car seats. — Melissa Willets, Parents, 17 Sep. 2026 Infected mothers can also pass HIV to their infants during pregnancy, labor and delivery, and breastfeeding. — Lex Harvey, CNN Money, 16 Sep. 2026 An inquiry into baby deaths at England’s Countess of Chester Hospital finds ‘complete failure at all levels,’ saying staff missed chances to save infants as collapses mounted. — Brian Melley, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2026 March of Dimes also found first-year medical costs run roughly four times higher for preterm infants than for full-term ones. — Sydney Lake, Fortune, 15 Sep. 2026 The infants were too young for vaccinations, according to current recommendations. — Mike Stobbe, Chicago Tribune, 15 Sep. 2026 The inquiry into baby deaths found the Countess of Chester Hospital, in northwestern England, could have saved some infants from death and injury if staff had acted sooner when children began collapsing, Justice Kathryn Thirlwall said. — CBS News, 15 Sep. 2026 Ninety-two of the infants were first exposed to the pain medicine in utero before 17 weeks of pregnancy, 67 were first exposed after 17 weeks, and 143 were born to mothers who had not used the drug. — Nancy Lapid, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2026

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Noun

The library already accounts for inappropriate materials for children?

— Robert Steinbuch, Arkansas Online, 18 Sep. 2026
Ruckrich recalled that Pontoriero was especially adept at interviewing women and children who had endured something traumatic.

— David Mendell, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of children

Noun

The image of babies smashed to bits is likely to arouse protests like Abraham’s.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 Sep. 2026
But in recent weeks, hundreds, if not thousands, of immigrants — babies, children and elderly adults included — have waited for hours outside its doors to attend routine hearings.

— Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of babies

Noun

After sunset, when everyone lopes back from the beach, there are a few couples hitching their gear onto motor scooters and a few families carrying babies, bags, and boards, toddlers in tow.

— Michelle Jana Chan, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 Sep. 2026
Curious toddlers are mobile and explore their surroundings by putting things in their mouths.

— Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of toddlers

Noun

The passage about the group of hippies going out to the pueblo and giving the Native kids LSD and hooking up on the tribe’s sacred ground until they get run off is priceless.

— Maggie McGowan, The New York Review of Books, 5 Sep. 2026
Each year, Kenny Wilson and her husband pile their two kids into the car and drive hours from her Texas home to a cruise port in Galveston.

— Alex Harring, CNBC, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of kids

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