babish C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities US /ˈbeɪbɪʃ/ UK /ˈbeɪbɪʃ/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 adj like a baby; childish or babyish He resented her babish habit of pouting whenever she lost. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · like a baby; childish or... childishbabyishinfantilepuerileimmature ↔ Opposites matureadult Word family Related forms babebabybabyish Etymology AI details From babe ('infant') + the adjective suffix -ish, on the model of childish. babe Middle English View etymology graph -> Topics Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives External links Google Images Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary # babish **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /ˈbeɪbɪʃ/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈbeɪbɪʃ/ ## Meanings 1. like a baby; childish or babyish ## Examples - He resented her babish habit of pouting whenever she lost. ## Synonyms - childish - babyish - infantile - puerile - immature ## Antonyms - mature - adult ## Related Forms - babe - baby - babyish ## Roots and Affixes - Root: babe ## Etymology From babe ('infant') + the adjective suffix -ish, on the model of childish. ## AI Etymology babish comes from babe ('infant') + the adjective suffix -ish, on the model of childish. Morphologically, the word is transparent: -ish is attached to the older base named in the history, so the modern form packages an inherited or borrowed stem inside a later English derivative. In modern use, the adjective sense is "like a baby; childish or babyish", which keeps the etymology connected to the word's present dictionary value rather than treating it as a merely historical label. The wider word family includes related English forms such as babe, baby, babyish, showing how the same base continues to support neighboring English vocabulary. The principal historical forms in the chain include Middle English babe, which anchor the explanation in named linguistic material. ## Topics - Describing Qualities - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown