baby

n

1. infant, newborn, neonate, babe, It. bambino, Fr. enfant. papoose, Scot, and North Eng. bairn; suckling, nursling, weanling; foundling, changeling; young child, toddler, tot, tiny tot, U.S. Inf. tad, pre-schooler; Disparaging, (of an adult) juvenile, adolescent.

adj

2. newborn, neonatal.

3. infantile, childish, babyish. See babyish .

4.Informal. small, little, tiny, Inf. teeny, All Baby Talk. teeny-weeny, teensy-weensy, teentsy, teentsy-weentsy; diminutive, wee, Inf. peewee, miniature, mini, minute, pocket, pocket-sized; bantam, undersized, midget, dwarfish.

v

5. pamper, pet, coddle, mollycoddle; dandle, cocker, cosset; spoon-feed, overprotect; spoil, humor, indulge, dote on.