Baby

Noun

 * 1) A very young human, particularly from birth to a couple of years old or until walking is fully mastered.
 * 2) Any very young animal, especially a vertebrate; many species have specific names for their babies, such as kittens for the babies of cats, puppies for the babies of dogs, and chicks for the babies of birds.
 * 3) A person who is immature or infantile.
 * 4) A term of endearment for a girlfriend or boyfriend or spouse.
 * 5)  A form of address to a man or a woman considered to be attractive.
 * 6) A pet project or responsibility.
 * 7) The lastborn of a family; a benjamin.

Adjective
(used only before the noun)


 * 1) Of a child: very young; of the age when he or she would be termed a baby or infant.
 * 2) Of an animal: young.
 * 3) Intended for babies.
 * 4)  Picked when small and immature (as in baby corn, baby potatoes).

Verb

 * 1) To coddle.

Adjectives for Baby
healthy; fat; angelic; grown-up; pallid; sickly-looking; unweaned; peaceful; bewitching; sturdy; squalling; new-born; lonesome; pitiful; wriggling; cunning; squeaking; babbling; sticky; petulant; strong-lunged; appealing; featureless; blithesome; staring; mewling; rosy-cheeked; tousled; clamorous; stubborn; disobedient; delicate; inopportune; undisciplined.

Verbs for Baby
comfort—; cradle—; croon to—; fondle—; indulge—; lull—; mother—; quiet—; rear —; suckle—; swaddle—; tend—; train—; treat as—; wean—; —babbles; —coos; — creeps; —crows; —drools; —moans; — pukes; —plains; —teethes; —toddles; — weeps; —whimpers.

Thesaurus
gal, girl, girlie, gratify, greenhorn, greeny, gutless wonder, handy, heifer, hon, honey, honey bunch, honey child, hopeful, hoyden, humor, in arms, in diapers, in nappies, in swaddling clothes, in the cradle, inamorata, incubator baby, indulge, infant, infantile, infantine, invertebrate, jellyfish, jeune fille, jill, junior, junior miss, juvenal, juvenile, kittenish, ladylove, lamb, lambkin, lass, lassie, learner, lightweight, lily liver, little angel, little darling, little missy, little one, love, lover, mademoiselle, maid, maiden, meek soul, mewling infant, microcosm, milksop, mini, miniature, miniaturized, minikin, minimal, minny, minor, minuscule, miss, missy, mollycoddle, mouse, namby-pamby, nebbish, neonatal, neonate, neophyte, nestling, newborn, newcomer, nonentity, novice, novitiate, nursling, nymphet, pamper, pansy, pantywaist, papoose, pet, petkins, piece, please, pocket, pocket-sized, pony, precious, precious heart, preemie, premature baby, preschooler, probationer, pubescent, puling infant, puppet, pushover, raw recruit, recruit, romp, rookie, sad sack, sapling, satisfy, scaredy-cat, schoolgirl, schoolmaid, schoolmiss, sissy, skirt, slip, small-scale, snookums, softling, softy, sop, spoil, sprig, steady, stripling, subdeb, subdebutante, subminiature, subteen, subteener, suckling, sugar, sweet, sweetheart, sweetie, sweetkins, sweets, teenager, teener, teenybopper, tenderfoot, toddler, tomato, tomboy, tot, toy, trainee, truelove, twelvemo, tyro, vest-pocket, virgin, weak sister, weakling, weanling, wench, wet-nurse, white feather, white liver, yearling, young creature, young hopeful, young person, young thing, younger, youngest, youngling, youngster, youth, Elzevir, Milquetoast, adolescent, angel, apprentice, babe, babish, baby bunting, baby-doll, baby-sized, babyish, bambino, bantam, bantling, banty, beginner, big baby, broad, buttercup, catechumen, cater to, cherub, chick, chickabiddy, chicken, chicken liver, child, cocker, coddle, colleen, compact, cosset, cotton, coward, crybaby, cutie, dame, damoiselle, damsel, darling, dear, deary, deb, debutant, demoiselle, diminutive, doll, doll-like, dollish, doormat, dote, dry-nurse, duck, duckling, dull tool, duodecimo, entrant, favor, filly, flame, fledgling, fraid-cat, fraidy-cat, frail, freshman, funk, funker,

Etymology
From babee:, babi:, from babe:, equivalent to.

Synonyms

 * babe, babby, babbie, infant
 * big baby
 * love
 * little
 * baby's, babies'

Derived terms
baby-batterer; baby-battering; baby beef; Baby Bell; baby bond; baby bonus; baby boom; baby boomer; baby-bouncer; baby boy; Baby Buggy®; babycare; baby carriage; baby doll; baby-doll pajamas; baby doll pyjamas; baby face; baby food; baby girl; baby grand; Babygro®; babyhood; baby house; babyish; baby-jumper; baby-minder; baby monitor; baby of the family; baby’s breath; baby seat; babysit; baby-sit; babysitter, baby-sitter; babysitting; baby-sitting; baby-snatcher; baby-snatching; baby’s tears; baby talk; baby tooth; baby-walker; be left holding the baby; big baby; crybaby; cry like a baby; throw out the baby with the bathwater; throw the baby out with the bathwater; sleep like a baby