baby
- noun
- /ˈbeɪbi/
- You see six children, reader: the youngest is a baby on the mother's knee.
- baby of the family
So whoever had my house before baby Orlando's here.
- So whoever had my house before baby Orlando's here.
Examples
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Go ahead, baby brother.
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My baby sister.
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You all still treat me like the baby of the family.
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Again, I wish our older sister and baby brother could have come.
Fiction book (1994) -
So I was like, Leo, this is your baby brother Ezekiel.
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He was the baby.
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In a large family, the baby often gets the most attention from everyone.
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As the baby of the family, she was always doted on by her older siblings.
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During family gatherings, everyone took turns holding the baby, who quickly became the star of the party.
Synonyms
The youngest child in a family or group who often gets extra attention
Antonyms
Idioms
To get rid of something valuable while removing something bad
- Informal
Being the only person who must deal with a problem after others avoid it
- Informal
To have the only responsibility for a hard problem when others avoid it
Compounds
- Offensive
An insulting name for a person who kills or is accused of killing babies
A small cart with four wheels that you push to carry a baby who is lying down or sitting
People in the United States born between 1946 and 1964 when birth rates rose after World War II
- Informal
A baby that doctors make from an egg and sperm outside the mother's body and put in her womb
- South African
A small animal from Africa that is active at night with big eyes and a long tail
- Slang
A person who grows up with parents active in communist or socialist politics
- Offensive
An insulting word for someone with a very small penis or who acts like a child
- Jargon
A habit of preferring the first way you learn and resisting later changes
- Specialized
A small rose bush that grows strongly and makes many small flowers used for hedges and grafting
A small creeping plant with many tiny round leaves used as a houseplant or ground cover
- Offensive
An insulting word for a person who complains a lot and acts like a child
How Junior
Surface Forms
Etymology
Baby A common idea is that baby comes from early 'baby talk' like baba or ba, simple sounds for a very young child. So, calling someone the baby of a group means they are the youngest or most junior member, like the small child of the family.