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Synonyms for infancy

  • noun

Most common

childhood early childhood babyhood beginning nonage infanthood babyship

All synonyms

Noun

1. Babyhood

babyhood, early childhood, childhood

Other

beginning, youth, minority, commencement, nonage, infanthood, babyship

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    The earliest period of childhood (crawling rather than walking).

Forms

Plural
infancies → babyhoods, childhoods, beginnings, youths…

Example sentences

  • childhood I've been on close terms with her since childhood.
  • beginning Will we be in time for the beginning of the party?

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
infancysteady
childhoodrising
babyhoodsteady
beginningsteady
nonagefalling

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

5 letters
youth1
6 letters
nonage
8 letters
minority4, babyhood3, babyship
9 letters
beginning3, childhood2
10 letters
infanthood
12 letters
commencement3

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (minority4 = 4 syllables).