Childish Synonyms and Antonyms

chīldĭsh
Silly or stupid
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. puerile
  2. foolish
  3. infantile
  4. absurd
  5. weak
Antonyms:
  1. adult
  2. mature
  3. serious
  4. sensible
  5. wise
Childlike because of senility
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. senile
  2. in one's dotage
  3. in one's second childhood
  4. doddery
Marked by or indicating a lack of maturity; puerile:
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. young

Words Related to Childish

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Childish Sentence Examples

  • It was a childish thing for her to do.

  • I've had about enough of your childish pranks.

  • It was childish and she should get over it.

  • Some are said to maintain that it was an abbreviation of a childish nickname, "le petit volontaire."

  • How my childish imagination glowed with the splendour of their enterprise!

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