| Main Entry: | suckling |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | baby |
Synonyms: |
babe, infant |
| Main Entry: | babe |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | baby |
Synonyms: |
bairn, child, infant, little one, newborn, suckling |
Antonyms: |
adolescent, adult |
| Main Entry: | baby |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | infant |
Synonyms: |
angelface, babe, bairn, bambino, bundle, buttercup, button, cherub, chick, child, crawler, deduction, dividend, dumpling, kid, little angel, little darling, little doll, little one, newborn, nipper, nursling, papoose, preemie, suckling, tad, toddler, tot, write-off, youngster |
Antonyms: |
adolescent, adult |
| Main Entry: | child |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | very young person |
Synonyms: |
adolescent, anklebiter, babe, baby, bairn, bambino, brat, cherub, chick, cub, descendant, dickens, imp, infant, innocent, issue, juvenile, kid, kiddie, lamb, little angel, little darling, little doll, little one, minor, mite, moppet, neonate, nestling, newborn, nipper, nursling, offspring, preteen, progeny, pubescent, shaver, small fry, sprout, squirt, stripling, suckling, tadpole, teen, teenager, teenybopper, toddler, tot, tyke, urchin, whippersnapper, young one, youngster, youth |
Antonyms: |
adult |
| Main Entry: | infant |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | baby |
Synonyms: |
babe, bairn, bambino, bantling, bundle, child, kid, little one, neonate, newborn, small child, suckling, toddler, tot |
Antonyms: |
adult |
| Main Entry: | newborn |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | infant |
Synonyms: |
babe, baby, bairn, bambino, bantling, bundle, child, kid, little one, neonate, nursling, small child, suckling, tot |
| Main Entry: | nurse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give milk, usually from breast |
Synonyms: |
bottle-feed, breast-feed, cradle, dry-nurse, feed, give suck, lactate, nourish, nurture, suck, suckle, wet-nurse |
| Main Entry: | raise |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | nurture, care for |
Synonyms: |
breed, bring up, cultivate, develop, drag up, fetch up, foster, group, grow, nourish, nurse, plant, produce, propagate, provide, rear, sow, suckle, support, train, wean |
| Notes: | to raise is 'to bring something up'; to rise is 'to get up' one rears children and raises crops |
Antonyms: |
abandon, ignore, neglect, repress, suppress |
| Main Entry: | nursing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | gaining nourishment by suckling |
Synonyms: |
feeding, milking, sucking, suckling, taking nourishment |