Synonyms of babying

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noun

as in coddling

Related Words

• coddling
• pampering
• concern
• consideration
• thoughtfulness
• kindness
• considerateness
• solicitude
• carefulness
• care
• solicitousness
• lovingness

Dissimilar Words

• carelessness
• unconcern
• unkindness
• thoughtlessness
• inconsiderateness
• inconsideration

babying

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verb

present participle of baby

as in spoiling

to treat with great or excessive care

he babied his car, faithfully washing it every week

if you baby him he'll never learn to take care of himself

Synonyms & Similar Words

• spoiling
• nursing
• indulging
• coddling
• pampering
• cosseting
• pleasing
• mollycoddling
• dandling
• mothering
• satisfying
• appeasing
• delighting
• humoring
• cockering
• wet-nursing
• catering (to)
• contenting
• gratifying
• soothing
• obliging
• placating
• pacifying
• gladdening
• mollifying

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• controlling
• abusing
• mistreating
• disciplining
• restraining
• manhandling
• misusing
• maltreating
• mishandling
• oppressing
• neglecting
• ill-treating
• ill-using
• violating
• hurting
• overlooking
• slighting
• harassing
• molesting
• injuring
• torturing
• harming
• tormenting
• victimizing
• persecuting
• outraging

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of babying

Noun

The novel is in many ways a string of dazzlingly deadpan and sharp observations about navigating the strange world of now, from predictive advertising to sugar babying to dead college friends. — Jasmine Vojdani, Vulture, 4 Nov. 2025

Verb

No one’s babying him (at Houston). — David Aldridge, New York Times, 21 June 2026

Conceivably one or two of them should have already been at Citi Field, but until finally summoning McLean to pitch Saturday, Stearns has been babying them in the minors. — Bill Madden, New York Daily News, 16 Aug. 2025

However, some have criticized employer techniques for tracking in-office attendance as babying employees and demonstrating an unwarranted lack of trust. — Scharon Harding, ArsTechnica, 8 Aug. 2025