Infant

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A child in the earliest period of life, especially before he or she can walk.
  • n. Law A person under the legal age of majority; a minor.
  • adj. Of or being in infancy.
  • adj. Intended for infants or young children.
  • adj. Newly begun or formed: an infant enterprise.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A very young human being, from birth to somewhere between six months and two years of age, needing almost constant care and/or attention.
  • n. A minor.
  • n. A noble or aristocratic youth.
  • v. To bear or bring forth (a child); to produce, in general.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A child in the first period of life, beginning at his birth; a young babe; sometimes, a child several years of age.
  • n. A person who is not of full age, or who has not attained the age of legal capacity; a person under the age of twenty-one years; a minor.
  • n. Same as Infante.
  • adj. Of or pertaining to infancy, or the first period of life; tender; not mature.
  • adj. Intended for young children.
  • v. To bear or bring forth, as a child; hence, to produce, in general.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. child during the earliest period of its life; a young child. See infancy.
  • n. In law, a person who is not of full age; specifically (in Great Britain, the United States, etc.), one who has not attained the age of twenty-one years.
  • n. A noble youth. See child, n., 8.
  • Of, pertaining to, characterized by, or characteristic of infancy; hence, tender; infantile; incipient: as, infant beauty; infant fortunes.
  • Of or pertaining to the legal state of infancy; minor.
  • Figuratively, not yet fully grown; still in an early stage of development or growth: as, infant colonies; an infant bud.
  • To bring forth as an infant; hence, to give origin or rise to.
  • n. A royal prince or princess of Spain or Portugal: as, the Infant Don Philip: not necessarily the heir to the throne. See infante, infanta.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    child    kid   
    Cross Reference
    Variant
    infante   
    Hyponym
    foundling    nurseling    nursling    suckling    godchild    pappoose    newborn    newborn baby    blue baby    war baby   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    minor    tender    young   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    baby    babe    child    female    adult    animal    human    offspring    poor    slave