NEONATES Synonyms: 47 Similar and Opposite Words

neonates

noun

plural of neonate

as in children

a recently born person the hospital has added a new wing especially for neonates

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Recent Examples of neonates Males guard the eggs and newborn frogs, called neonates. — Ana V. Longo, The Conversation, 24 June 2026 There have been publications about nicotine transmission and neonates after blood transfusion. — Torie Bosch, STAT, 1 June 2026 Among these studies, 12 post-approval studies included 3,646 neonates, newborns, infants and children. — Dr. Jade Cobern, ABC News, 18 Sep. 2025

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Noun

Spouses already made financially vulnerable by years of relocations can be left navigating unfamiliar courts, hiring lawyers in two countries and fighting simply to bring their children home.

— Brianna Keilar, CNN Money, 30 Oct. 2026
Title granted to the Virgin Mary in honor of her apparitions to three shepherd children (Saints Jacinta and Francisco Marto and Venerable Lucia dos Santos) in Fátima, Portugal, in 1917.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of children

Noun

More than 100 of those were designated for infants, slots that are especially hard to find.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2026
That report found that families with Black or Hispanic children or infants, and those living in the South and West, are more likely to run into cost as a barrier.

— Caitlyn Collins, The Conversation, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of infants

Noun

But Halloween excess, with its pillowcases full of candy, elaborate costumes for everyone from babies to adults to dogs (and a few unlucky cats), could not be more American.

— ABC News, ABC News, 29 Oct. 2026
Humanoid moths and demon babies, hitchhiking ghouls, the occasional sea monster and even a suspicious phantom kangaroo or two.

— Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of babies

Noun

Kristin and Fletch also had a newborn to care for while trying to keep the project moving.

— Tereza Shkurtaj, PEOPLE, 31 Oct. 2026
In August, a fire triggered by an exploding air conditioner killed 14 newborns in a nursery at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences in Islamabad.

— ABC News, ABC News, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of newborn

Noun

From toddlers to teenagers, products are engineered around instant rewards, compulsive engagement, and habit formation.

— Amy L. Kennedy, Fortune, 27 Oct. 2026
However, after nearly three years, the foster parents were recently forced to say goodbye, following a judge’s ruling that MaryBeth and her husband, Bob Lewis, were the toddlers’ legal parents.

— Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of toddlers

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