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Antonyms for baby
| Grammar : Adj, noun, verb |
| Spell : bey-bee |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈbeɪ bi |
Definition of baby
Origin :- late 14c., babi, diminutive of baban (see babe + -y (3)). Meaning "childish adult person" is from c.1600. Meaning "youngest of a group" is from 1897. As a term of endearment for one's lover it is attested perhaps as early as 1839, certainly by 1901; its popularity perhaps boosted by baby vamp "a popular girl," student slang from c.1922. As an adjective, by 1750.
- Baby food is from 1833. Baby blues for "blue eyes" recorded by 1892 (the phrase also was used for "postpartum depression" 1950s-60s). To empty the baby out with the bath (water) is first recorded 1909 in G.B. Shaw (cf. German das Kind mit dem Bade ausschütten). Baby's breath (noted for sweet smell, which also was supposed to attract cats) as a type of flower is from 1897. French bébé (19c.) is from English.
- adj miniature
- noun infant
- verb treat like a child
- When he "played" with Baby Akemit thereafter, the pretence was not all with the child.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- Dear baby, it promised its mother it wouldn't drink wine for two months.
- Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
- I came to see, ma'am, whether you'd take me back, as I 'aven't got Baby now.
- Extract from : « Life and Death of Harriett Frean » by May Sinclair
- If Maggie had made bad arrangements for her baby, Maggie was responsible.
- Extract from : « Life and Death of Harriett Frean » by May Sinclair
- If she was incompetent I wasn't bound to keep her just because she'd had a baby.
- Extract from : « Life and Death of Harriett Frean » by May Sinclair
- It had something to do with Mona, with Maggie and Maggie's baby.
- Extract from : « Life and Death of Harriett Frean » by May Sinclair
- What if the sight of Tillie's baby did not do all that he expected?
- Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- She was fighting death for herself and her baby—but for how long?
- Extract from : « Chip, of the Flying U » by B. M. Bower
- Her sister, Norah, the youngest of the family, had told of her first baby.
- Extract from : « Dust » by Mr. and Mrs. Haldeman-Julius
- It was ridiculous, the amount of time she gave to that baby—out of all rhyme and reason.
- Extract from : « Dust » by Mr. and Mrs. Haldeman-Julius
Synonyms for baby
- angelface
- babe
- babyish
- bairn
- bambino
- bundle
- buttercup
- button
- cater to
- cherish
- cherub
- chick
- child
- coddle
- cosset
- crawler
- cuddle
- dandle
- deduction
- diminutive
- dividend
- dote on
- dumpling
- dwarf
- foster
- humor
- indulge
- kid
- little
- little angel
- little darling
- little doll
- little one
- midget
- mini
- minute
- newborn
- nipper
- nurse
- nursling
- overindulge
- pamper
- papoose
- pet
- petite
- please
- preemie
- satisfy
- serve
- small
- spoil
- suckling
- tad
- tiny
- toddler
- tot
- wee
- write-off
- youngster
- youthful
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