Synonyms and antonyms of Babies and types of baby in British Thesaurus

babe (noun)

literary a baby

babe in arms (noun)

literary a very young baby

baby (noun)

a very young child who cannot yet talk or walk. A baby who is old enough to walk is a toddler

bairn (noun)

Scottish a baby or child

blue baby (noun)

a baby whose skin looks blue when it is born because of a heart problem

bundle of joy (noun)

informal a baby. This word is usually used as a joke, especially when a baby is causing problems.

designer baby (noun)

journalism a human baby created using a method that allows parents to choose certain genes that the baby will have or will not have, before it is born

designer baby (noun)

informal a baby whose parents dress it in designer clothes

feeder (noun)

a baby that eats its food in a particular way

foundling (noun)

mainly literary a baby that is left in a public place, so that it can be found by someone who will look after it

infant (noun)

formal a baby, or a very young child

infant (noun)

involving or relating to an infant

infant son/daughter ()

a baby son or daughter

neonate (noun)

a very young baby, no more than a few weeks old

new arrival ()

a baby that has just been born

newborn (noun)

a baby who has just been born

quad (noun)

informal a quadruplet

quadruplet (noun)

a baby who is born at the same time as three other babies to the same mother

quin (noun)

Britishinformal a quintuplet

quintuplet (noun)

a baby who is born at the same time as four other babies to the same mother

sextuplet (noun)

one of six brothers or sisters all born at the same time

sprog (noun)

Britishhumorous a child, or a baby

suckling (noun)

mainly literary a baby or young animal that still drinks milk from its mother

test-tube baby (noun)

a human baby created by mixing the mother’s egg and the father’s sperm in a laboratory and then putting the egg inside a woman to grow

triplet (noun)

a baby that is born at the same time as two other babies to the same mother. Two babies born together are twins and four babies born together are quadruplets.

twin (noun)

one of two children born at the same time to the same mother. Twins of the same sex who look exactly like each other are called identical twins. Twins that are not identical are called fraternal twins