preterm infant

Questions about preterm infant

What is another word for preterm infant?

It depends which preterm infant you mean. In the sense “an infant that is born prior to 37 weeks of gestation”, the synonyms are premature baby, preterm baby, premature infant, preemie, premie. Across all 1 sense there are 5 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of preterm infant?

WordNet records no antonym for preterm infant. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Where do the synonyms for preterm infant come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of preterm infant

• Full entry for preterm infantAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for preterm infantWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
• Thesaurus homeHow WordNet synsets work, and the collections built for synonym work.