neonatenoun [ C ]
uk/ˈniː.əʊ.neɪt/us/ˈniː.əˌneɪt/specializeda baby who is less than four weeks old:
We provide intensive care for seriously ill neonates.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Children & babies
- a mouth to feed idiom
- arrival
- babe
- babe in arms
- baby
- childlike
- childproof
- children
- crawler
- designer baby
- oops-a-daisy
- pacifier
- papoose
- perisher
- pest
- tomboy
- tot
- tyke
- urchin
- waif
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