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Definitions for Infant

[1] a child during the earliest period of its life, especially before he or she can walk; baby.
[2] Law . a person who is not of full age, especially one who has not reached the age of 18 years; a minor.
[3] a beginner, as in experience or learning; novice: The new candidate is a political infant.
[4] anything in the first stage of existence or progress.
[5] of or relating to infants or infancy: infant years.
[6] being in infancy: an infant king.
[7] being in the earliest stage: an infant industry.
[8] of or relating to the legal state of infancy; minor.
[9] a child at the earliest stage of its life; baby
[10] law another word for minor (def. 10)
[11] British a young schoolchild, usually under the age of seven
[12] a person who is beginning or inexperienced in an activity
[13] (modifier) of or relating to young children or infancy designed or intended for young children
[14] in an early stage of development; nascent an infant science or industry
[15] law of or relating to the legal status of infancy

Words related to Infant

newborn, toddler, kid, child, suckling, babe, bambino, bundle, tot, bairn, neonate, bantling

Words nearby Infant

infallible, infamize, infamous, infamy, infancy, infant, infant apnea, infant mortality rate, infant prodigy, infant school, infanta

Origin of Infant

1350–1400; < Latin infant- (stem of infāns ) small child, literally, one unable to speak, equivalent to in- in-3 + -fāns, present participle of fārī to speak; replacing Middle English enfaunt < Anglo-French < Latin, as above

Other words from Infant

in·fant·hood , noun
in·fant·like , adjective

Word origin for Infant

C14: from Latin infāns, literally: speechless, from in- 1 + fārī to speak

Synonyms for Infant

child, kid, newborn, toddler, babe, bairn, bambino, bundle, neonate, suckling, tot, bantling, little one, small child