Infant

/ˈɪn.fənt/

Synonyms for "infant" (217 found)

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Closest matches (44)

Noun(5 words)

abecedarian aboriginal adolescent angel antenatal apprentice arrested autochthonous babe babish babybaby buntingbabyish bambino bantling bay beginner beginning budding callow

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catechumen childchild of natureclassmate creation creative deb debutant defective deficient doll-like dollish dove dupe elemental elementary embryonic entrant

Adjective(1 words)

emergent

Strong matches (65)

failingfellow studentfetal fledgling formative foundational freshman fundamental gestatorygrade schoolergreen greenhorn greeny hickhigh schoolerhopeful hypoplastic immaturein armsin arrear

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in arrearsin defaultin diapersin embryoin its infancyin nappiesin short supplyin swaddling clothesin the budin the cradleinadequate inaugural inceptive inchoate inchoative incipient incompleteincubator babyincunabular infantile infantine ingenue initial initiative initiatory innocentintermediate schoolerintroductory inventive junior juvenal juvenile kindergartner kittenish lacking lamb learnerlittle angellittle darlingloutmere childmewling infant

Noun(2 words)

footling incipient

Adjective(1 words)

little earthling

Related words (108)

minor missing naif nascent natal needing neonatal neonate neophyte nestling newbornnewborn babenewcomernoble savagenovice novitiatenursery school childnursling oaf original

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papoose part partial parturient patchy postnatal preemie pregnantpremature babyprenatalprep schoolerpreschool childpreschooler primal primaryprimary schoolerprime primeval primitive primogenial probationer procreative pubescentpuling infantraw recruitrecruit rookie rube rudimental rudimentary sapling scant scantyschool childschool kidschool ladschoolboy schoolfellow schoolgirl schoolmate scrappysecondary schoolershort shysimple soulsketchy slip sprig stripling suckling teenager teener teenybopper tenderfoot toddler trainee tyro underdeveloped undeveloped unfledged unripe unsophisticate ur wanting weanling yearling yokelyoung hopefulyoung personyounger youngest youngling youngster youth youthful

Noun(12 words)

neonatal neonate neonates newborn newborns papooses pappoose piccaninny preliminary rudimentary sucklings young

Adjective(1 words)

tiny human

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More general

7 entries

childearly development descriptorhuman kidlife stage descriptoroffspring young

More specific

9 entries

calf foalfull-term infantinfant industryinfant technologyneonatal neonatepreterm infantprimate infant

Collocations

8 entries

infant careinfant developmentinfant formulainfant industryinfant mortalityinfant researchinfant teethinfant vaccination

Inflections

1 entries

infants

Derivations

2 entries

infancy infantile

Sample sentences

16 total sentences available.

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The infant has been exposed to radioactive rays.

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The young woman was carrying an infant in her arms.

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An infant is not capable of speaking, so it just screams until it gets what it wants.

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The infant has faith in his mother taking care of him.

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