- a baby or child.
- an innocent or inexperienced person.
- (used, often before the surname, as a familiar name for a boy or man, especially the youngest of a family.)
- Slang.
- a girl or woman, especially an attractive one.
- an attractive young man.
- an affectionate or familiar term of address (sometimes offensive when used to strangers, casual acquaintances, subordinates, etc., especially by a male to a female).
- an innocent, unsuspecting person, especially one likely to be victimized by others: Some highly informed people are mere babes in the woods where the stock market is concerned.
- a baby
- a naive, gullible, or unsuspecting person (often in the phrase a babe in arms)
- a young woman or man perceived as being sexually attractive
