PREMIES Synonyms: 46 Similar and Opposite Words

preemies

noun

variants also premies

plural of preemie

as in infants

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Noun

Newborns and infants are particularly vulnerable to the disease.

— Michael Loria, USA Today, 11 Aug. 2026
During an epidemic in 1964 and 1965, 20,000 infants were born with congenital rubella syndrome.

— Matthew Herper, STAT, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of infants

Noun

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s office intervened and raised concerns about the newborn’s need for lifesaving medical treatment after birth.

— Raven Brunner, PEOPLE, 18 Aug. 2026
Authorities told the news outlet that Brown was a family friend to the newborn's family and took the child when his mother fell asleep.

— Dan Raby, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of newborn

Noun

Several of the jurors were either toddlers when the killing occurred, or hadn't yet been born.

— Sasha Pezenik, ABC News, 17 Aug. 2026
Each presents a group portrait of a handful of disaffected British suburbanites—husbands who resent their deadening jobs, toddlers who whine and interrupt, and, above all, hassled wives subsumed by a crush of household obligations.

— Becca Rothfeld, New Yorker, 16 Aug. 2026

Definition of toddlers

Noun

Families can also participate in daily arts and crafts sessions, with materials provided on request and staff on hand to help kids create their own souvenirs.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Aug. 2026
That means cables, socks, Legos, kids' pajamas, and everything else not taller than the unit itself are up for grabs, Pac-Man style.

— Joe Salas August 14, New Atlas, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of kids

Noun

Experts in public health and pregnancy care emphasize that the benefits that the Covid-19 vaccine offers pregnant moms — and their babies — significantly outweigh any risk.

— Deidre McPhillips, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2026
The aid workers who once regularly visited her village to help pregnant women had stopped coming, after foreign aid cuts by the United States shuttered a program aimed at saving mothers’ and babies’ lives.

— ABC News, ABC News, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of babies

Noun

More than eleven million children are projected to need humanitarian assistance this year, according to UNICEF, but nearly 600 health facilities have closed because of the cuts.

— Kara Fox, CNN Money, 15 Aug. 2026
Family and religion Sabio and his wife, Abigail, have five children.

— Amy DeLaura, The Washington Examiner, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of children

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