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Baby

An infant or young child of either sex; a babe.

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Narrower term 8

Cherub 76% connected

A mysterious composite being, the winged footstool and chariot of the Almighty, described in Ezekiel i. and x.

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Foundling 76% connected

A deserted or exposed infant; a child found without a parent or owner.

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Godchild 76% connected

One for whom a person becomes sponsor at baptism, and whom he promises to see educated as a Christian; a godson or goddaughter. See Godfather.

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Newborn 76% connected

Recently born.

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Nursling 76% connected

One who, or that which, is nursed; an infant; a fondling.

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Papoose 76% connected

A babe or young child of Indian parentage in North America.

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Pappoose 76% connected

Same as Papoose.

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Suckling 76% connected

of Suckle

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Broader term 20

Child 76% connected

A son or a daughter; a male or female descendant, in the first degree; the immediate progeny of human parents; -- in law, legitimate offspring. Used…

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Fetus 76% connected

The young or embryo of an animal in the womb, or in the egg; often restricted to the later stages in the development of viviparous and oviparous anim…

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Foetus 76% connected

Same as Fetus.

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Handle 76% connected

To touch; to feel with the hand; to use or hold with the hand.

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Individual 76% connected

Not divided, or not to be divided; existing as one entity, or distinct being or object; single; one; as, an individual man, animal, or city.

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Issue 76% connected

The act of passing or flowing out; a moving out from any inclosed place; egress; as, the issue of water from a pipe, of blood from a wound, of air fr…

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Kid 76% connected

A young goat.

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Labor 76% connected

Physical toil or bodily exertion, especially when fatiguing, irksome, or unavoidable, in distinction from sportive exercise; hard, muscular effort di…

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Labour 76% connected

productive work (especially physical work done for wages); "his labor did not require a great deal of skill"

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Lover 76% connected

One who loves; one who is in love; -- usually limited, in the singular, to a person of the male sex.

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Mortal 76% connected

Subject to death; destined to die; as, man is mortal.

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Offspring 76% connected

The act of production; generation.

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Person 76% connected

A character or part, as in a play; a specific kind or manifestation of individual character, whether in real life, or in literary or dramatic represe…

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Progeny 76% connected

Descendants of the human kind, or offspring of other animals; children; offspring; race, lineage.

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Project 76% connected

The place from which a thing projects, or starts forth.

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Somebody 76% connected

A person unknown or uncertain; a person indeterminate; some person.

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Soul 76% connected

Sole.

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Task 76% connected

Labor or study imposed by another, often in a definite quantity or amount.

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Treat 76% connected

To handle; to manage; to use; to bear one's self toward; as, to treat prisoners cruelly; to treat children kindly.

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Undertaking 76% connected

of Undertake

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Childhood 74% connected

The state of being a child; the time in which persons are children; the condition or time from infancy to puberty.

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Childhood 74% connected

The state of being a child; the time in which persons are children; the condition or time from infancy to puberty.

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Infancy 74% connected

The state or period of being an infant; the first part of life; early childhood.

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Infancy 74% connected

The state or period of being an infant; the first part of life; early childhood.

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Synonym 17

Babe 92% connected

An infant; a young child of either sex; a baby.

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Beloved 92% connected

of Belove

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Child 92% connected

A son or a daughter; a male or female descendant, in the first degree; the immediate progeny of human parents; -- in law, legitimate offspring. Used…

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Cocker 92% connected

To treat with too great tenderness; to fondle; to indulge; to pamper.

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Coddle 92% connected

To parboil, or soften by boiling.

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Cosset 92% connected

A lamb reared without the aid of the dam. Hence: A pet, in general.

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Darling 92% connected

One dearly beloved; a favorite.

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Dear 92% connected

Bearing a high price; high-priced; costly; expensive.

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Dearie 92% connected

Same as Deary.

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Deary 92% connected

A dear; a darling.

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Honey 92% connected

A sweet viscid fluid, esp. that collected by bees from flowers of plants, and deposited in the cells of the honeycomb.

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Indulge 92% connected

To be complacent toward; to give way to; not to oppose or restrain

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Infant 92% connected

A child in the first period of life, beginning at his birth; a young babe; sometimes, a child several years of age.

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Love 92% connected

A feeling of strong attachment induced by that which delights or commands admiration; preeminent kindness or devotion to another; affection; tenderne…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Pamper 92% connected

To feed to the full; to feed luxuriously; to glut; as, to pamper the body or the appetite.

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Spoil 92% connected

To plunder; to strip by violence; to pillage; to rob; -- with of before the name of the thing taken; as, to spoil one of his goods or possession.

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Sweetheart 92% connected

A lover of mistress.

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