INFANT Synonyms: 78 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

ˈin-fənt

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as in child

a recently born person infants should be kept warm at all times

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infant

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adjective

as in embryonic

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Noun

Only infant formula is required by federal law to be dated. —

Mackensy Lunsford, USA TODAY, 17 Aug. 2024 The case added to fears that the powerful opioid, 50 times stronger than heroin, was being increasingly sold and used in family homes where infants can have easy access to it. —

Jakob Rodgers, The Mercury News, 16 Aug. 2024

Adjective

Arnaout warned against attempting to make formula at home, because commercial formulas are specially designed for infant nutritional needs. —

Dallas News, 17 May 2022 The Sturgis plant closed in February after regulators launched an investigation into possible links between formula produced there and a series of infant bacterial infections and two deaths. —

Zachary Snowdon Smith, Forbes, 16 May 2022 See all Example Sentences for infant

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