Thesaurus:baby

Thesaurus

baby

English

Noun

Sense: a child under the age of approximately two years

Synonyms

• bab (UK)
• babber (UK)
• babby (UK)
• babe
• babe in arms
• baby
• bairn (Scotland)
• bantling (obsolete, slang)
• bub (Australia, slang)
• bundle of joy
• chit
• crotch dropping (slang, derogatory)
• crotchfruit (slang, derogatory)
• fleshloaf (slang, derogatory)
• infant
• nursling
• papoose
• poop factory (pejorative or humorous)
• poop machine (pejorative or humorous)
• suckling
• shit factory (pejorative or humorous)

Hyponyms

• preemie
• neonate
• newborn

Hypernyms

• child    [⇒ thesaurus]

Further reading

• “baby” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “baby” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.