English > baby: 7 senses > noun 1, person | Meaning | A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk. |
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| Examples | - "the baby began to cry again"
- "she held the baby in her arms"
- "it sounds simple, but when you have your own baby it is all so different"
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| Synonyms | babe, infant |
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| Narrower | blue baby | An infant born with a bluish color |
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| cherub | A sweet innocent baby |
| foundling, abandoned infant | A child who has been abandoned and whose parents are unknown |
| godchild | An infant who is sponsored by an adult (the godparent) at baptism |
| neonate, newborn | A baby from birth to four weeks |
| nursling, nurseling, suckling | An infant considered in relation to its nurse |
| papoose, pappoose | An American Indian infant |
| test-tube baby | A baby conceived by fertilization that occurs outside the mother's body |
| war baby | conceived or born during war |
| Broader | child, kid | A human offspring (son or daughter) of any age |
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| Spanish | bebe, bebé, criatura, guagua, infante, lactante, nena, nene, neonato, niña, niño, rorro |
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| Catalan | bebè, criatura, infant, lactant, maca, nadó, nena, nounat |
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| Nouns | babyhood | the earliest state of immaturity |
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| babyhood | the early stage of growth or development |
| Verbs | baby | treat with excessive indulgence |
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