newborns
Just-delivered babies
Newborns are babies in their first weeks of life, typically the first month after birth.
The term emphasizes how recently they've arrived: The hospital has a special unit for newborns.
In medical contexts, the newborn period is distinct from infancy, which follows.
The word applies to other species as well: newborn calves, newborn kittens.
Very young child
- nurseryRoom for infants
- cribSmall bed with rails
- swaddleWrap infant tightly
- bassinetPortable infant bed
diaper · pacifier · onesie · lullaby · fontanelle · umbilical · midwife · pediatrician
baby
Very young child
bassinet · diaper · pacifier · onesie · lullaby · fontanelle · umbilical · midwife · pediatrician · colic
arrival
Act of reaching destination
nascent · origin · advent · inception · threshold · firstborn · debut · emergence · new life · fresh start
pure
Unmixed, without impurities
- angelicDivinely pure and good
- unblemishedFree from any defect
- pristinePure and untouched
delicate · vulnerable · trusting · guileless · unspoiled · untouched · tender · precious · fragile · wonder
- babycarebaby bottles, diapers, pacifiers, cribs, strollers
- young childrenbabies, infants, toddlers, tots, tykes
- cutekittens, puppies, bunnies, babies, baby animals
- populationspatients, inpatients, outpatients, elderly patients, stroke patients
- vaccine recipientsbabies, children, infants, toddlers, elderly
- herd memberscow, cows, bull, bulls, calf
newbornselderly
Advanced in age
old people · seniors · centenarians · octogenarians · adults
newbornsveterans
Former armed forces members
old-timers · old hands · experts · incumbents · originators
- newborn lamb
- newborn calf
- newborn baby
- newborn careTending to infants
- newborn photoPicture of recent arrival
- innocent as a newborn babeEntirely without wrongdoing