1. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk
   "the baby began to cry again"; "she held the baby in her arms"; "it sounds simple, but when you have your own baby it is all so different";
   - babe [literary], infant, bub [Austral, informal], bundle of joy
    
2. An unborn child; a human foetus
   "I felt healthy and very feminine carrying the baby"; "it was great to feel my baby moving about inside"
    
3. A very young mammal
   "baby rabbits"
    
4. The youngest member of a group (not necessarily young)
   "the baby of the family"; "the baby of the Supreme Court"
    
5. An immature childish person
   "stop being a baby!";
   - child
    
6. [informal] Someone who is loved (used as a term of endearment)
   "My baby, I've missed you so much";
   - beloved, dear, dearest, honey [informal], love, darling, deary [informal], dearie [Brit, informal], sweetheart, sweetie [informal], sugar [N. Amer, informal], duck [Brit, informal], hon [informal]
    
7. A project of personal concern to someone
   "this project is his baby"

1. Treat with excessive indulgence
   "grandparents often baby the children";
   - pamper, featherbed, cosset, cocker [rare], coddle, mollycoddle, spoil, indulge, overindulge, nanny [informal]

1. Intended for or relating to babies
   "They bought baby clothes for their newborn"
    
2. Smaller than normal
   "baby onions"

Derived forms: babied, babies, babying

Type of: child, do by [Brit], fetus, foetus [Brit, Cdn], handle, individual, issue [formal], kid [informal], labor [US], labour [Brit, Cdn], lover, mortal, offspring, person, progeny, project, somebody, someone, soul, task, treat, undertaking, young mammal

Encyclopedia: Baby, Please