PREMIES Synonyms: 46 Similar and Opposite Words

preemies

noun

variants also premies

plural of preemie

as in infants

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Noun

The initiative aims to help identify more infants who, along with their families, may need additional support during the first months and years of life.

— Stefania Conrieri, Vanity Fair, 12 Nov. 2026
Patriots 4 Pendleton is sponsoring a toy drive collecting new, unwrapped toys for infants to age 12, and $25 gift cards for teenagers and single Marines who are unable to go home for Christmas.

— Sharon Hlapcich, Oc Register, 12 Nov. 2026

Definition of infants

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

Noun

Two kids inside a Detroit home during a fire late Saturday morning were evacuated from the residence by firefighters, according to the city's fire department.

— CBS News, CBS News, 8 Nov. 2026
Set the scene Set right on Seven Mile Beach, the sprawling Ritz-Carlton property is a playground for global jetsetters, families with older kids, and even celebrated chefs during the hotel’s annual Cayman Cookout.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Nov. 2026

Definition of kids

Noun

Having to continue his work just days after Austin’s death, helping care for mothers and babies, Escue compartmentalized what had happened with Austin.

— Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 11 Nov. 2026
At that time, childhood disease killed a lot of babies and children, so for any child to survive childhood was already a miracle, and for two prodigies to survive their childhood to become musicians and meet in Moscow was quite a miracle.

— Stuart Miller, Oc Register, 11 Nov. 2026

Definition of babies

Noun

This was him—sans manager and inching toward divorce with Sara Lownds, the mother of his first five children—acting on his own advice, gathering his friends and just getting onstage, high and electrified and focused and free.

— Grayson Haver Currin, Pitchfork, 7 Nov. 2026
For families The Ritz-Carlton, Grand Cayman, has plenty of ways to keep children entertained during their stay.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Nov. 2026

Definition of children

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