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baby
noun
Synonyms and Antonyms of BABY
1
a recently born person <the baby is just learning to sit up, so be careful>
2
a member of the human race <I don't care what you want, there'll be no housecleaning for this baby>
Synonyms baby, being, bird, bod [British], body, character, cookie (or cooky), creature, customer, devil, duck, egg, face, fish, guy, head, human being, individual, life, man, mortal, party, person, personage, scout, slob, sort, soul, specimen, stiff, thing, wight
3
a successful result brought about by hard work <a small film that was a labor of love and the baby that the director was proudest of>
Related Words blockbuster, hit, jackpot, megahit, miracle, smash, winner; conquest, gain, victory, win; skill; deed, feat, performance; arrival, completion, consummation, culmination, execution, fruition, fulfillment (or fulfilment), implementation, realization
Near Antonyms botch, cock-up [British], mess, muddle, shambles; bummer, bust, catastrophe, debacle (also débâcle), disaster, dud, failure, fiasco, fizzle, flop, washout; disappointment, letdown, loss, setback
Antonyms nonachievement
4
a person who makes frequent complaints usually about little things <he becomes a big baby when his wife is out of town and he's expected to fend for himself at suppertime>
Synonyms baby, bellyacher, complainer, fussbudget, fusser, fusspot, griper, grumbler, kvetch, kvetcher, sniveler, whiner
Near Antonyms happy camper
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