Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun cherub

2 senses of cherub

Sense 1
cherub -- (a sweet innocent baby)
       => baby, babe, infant -- (a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk; "the baby began to cry again"; "she held the baby in her arms"; "it sounds simple, but when you have your own baby it is all so different")

Sense 2
cherub -- (an angel of the second order whose gift is knowledge; usually portrayed as a winged child)
       => angel -- (spiritual being attendant upon God)