BAMBINO Synonyms: 87 Similar and Opposite Words

bambino

noun

bam-ˈbē-(ˌ)nō

Definition of bambino

as in baby

a recently born person a new mother cuddling a bambino in her lap

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as in kid

a young person who is between infancy and adulthood teaching one of her bambinos to ride a bike

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Recent Examples of bambino The bambino-to-be is safe in the womb of his baseball-loving mother’s belly, yet close enough to hear the pop of bat on ball during batting practice at Fenway Park. — BostonGlobe.com, 15 Aug. 2022 One hundred and twenty-five posters called for the bronze bambino to be melted down and recast into all sorts of shapes that probably would have appalled Rizzo. — Chris Brennan, Philly.com, 22 Sep. 2017

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Noun

Hasan was convicted of carrying out the attack, which killed 14 people at the Texas military base, including an unborn baby, before a military jury and was sentenced to death in 2013.

— Robert Blankenship, The Washington Examiner, 6 Oct. 2026
There are bespoke treatments by Bamford and renowned Irish skin care brand Voya (the Seaweed Leaf Wrap will leave your skin feeling baby-soft).

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of baby

Noun

But that also ties some kids’ savings to a single company’s fortunes.

— Sydney Lake, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2026
The kind of life admin tasks like swim lesson sign-ups and appointment confirmations that pile up with alarming frequency in a house of one preschool-age kid and two adults with full-time jobs.

— Allison Johnson, The Verge, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of kid

Noun

The dramatic lighting and wax museums are just spooky enough to summon the spirit of the witch trials without being off-putting for children.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Oct. 2026
In total, the UK spent £145 billion on benefits for working-age people and children – including incapacity and disability benefits (£77 billion); housing benefit (£37 billion); and child benefit (£13 billion).

— The Week UK, TheWeek, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of child

Noun

Zoo Atlanta's original agreement with China lasted 25 years and resulted in seven panda cubs being born at the zoo.

— Christopher Harris, CBS News, 6 Oct. 2026
To give the episodes shape, each is broken up into several mini-narratives, such as a mother cheetah learning to adapt her hunting style to mountainous rocky terrain in order to catch prey for her hungry cubs.

— Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 4 Oct. 2026

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Noun

The black-and-white illustration showed a mother kneeling on the frothing waves’ surface, staring into the face of her naked infant as the Virgin Mary towered above them both, attended by angels circling her head.

— Ellen O’Connell Whittet, Literary Hub, 7 Oct. 2026
Hartung, who leads the clinic’s home care program, knows a family who skipped going to church for more than month to avoid possible measles exposures to their vulnerable infant.

— Deidre McPhillips, CNN Money, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of infant

Noun

Infant, toddler and preschool billings dropped 11% on lower Fisher-Price demand.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2026
Lock’s father and granddad were Tigers, and that 3-year-old toddler became a 16-year-old following the same tradition on game days, still parking in the same spot outside Faurot Field.

— Sam McDowell October 9, Kansas City Star, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of toddler

Noun

Carter’s is considered North America’s largest and most-enduring apparel company, catering to newborns up to size 14, and one of America’s oldest brands, period.

— David Moin, Footwear News, 2 Oct. 2026
But many also can’t afford the childcare rates for newborns, which tend to be particularly high.

— Megan Kuykendoll, The Conversation, 28 Sep. 2026

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