Childhood synonyms

chīld'ho͝od'

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nursery days
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growing years
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early years
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babyhood
The state or period of infancy.
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nonage
The period during which one is under legal age.
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youth
Young people considered as a group.
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juvenility
The quality or condition of being juvenile; youthfulness.
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tender age
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adolescence
A transitional period of development between an initial or early phase and an established or mature phase:
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adulthood (antonym)
The time of life when one is expected to take responsibility for one's own actions and well-being.
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infancy
More generally used to describe a person prior to the age of majority.
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teens
(Plural only) The second decade of a century: the 1910s, 2010s, etc. The oneties, the tens.
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maturity (antonym)
The definition of maturity is adulthood, or is the state of being fully developed, or the time when a note is due and payable.
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childish
The definition of childish is a person or thing that is silly, immature, like a child or directed at children.
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immature
The definition of immature is something that isn’t fully grown or developed.
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juvenile
Characteristic of youth or immaturity; childish
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dotage
A deterioration of mental faculties associated with aging.
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pediatrics
(Medicine) The branch of medicine that deals with the treatment of children.
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minority
(Politics, used attributively of a party, government, etc.) Empowered by or representing a minority (usually a plurality) of votes cast, legislative seats, etc., rather than an outright majority thereof.
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infantile
Of or having to do with infants or infancy
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the cradle
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puberty
The stage of physical development when secondary sex characteristics develop and sexual reproduction first becomes possible: in common law, the age of puberty is generally fixed at fourteen for boys and twelve for girls
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pediatric
Of or pertaining to pediatrics, the branch of medicine dealing with the care and treatment of children.
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immaturity
Youth; the condition of being immature or not fully grown
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jejune
Not interesting; dull:
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puerile
Immature, especially in being silly or trivial; childish.
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childishness
(Uncountable) The state of being childish.
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descendants
Plural form of descendant
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posterity
All of a person's descendants
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progeny
A child or children of a parent or parents:
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puerility
An instance of this
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early-childhood (related)
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early-life (related)
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boyhood (related)
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schooldays (related)
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school-days
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declining years (antonym)
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juvenilia
Books for children
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girlhood
(Uncountable) The state of being a girl.
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pupilage
The period during which one is a pupil
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pubescence
The quality or state of being pubescent
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juniority
The quality or state of being junior.
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impuberty
The condition of not having reached puberty.
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infantility
Quality of being infantile
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puerilism
Childish behavior in an adult, especially as a symptom of mental illness.
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  • Josh had been her childhood playmate.

  • His childhood was passed in dire poverty.

  • Josh had left childhood behind long ago and this little frolic in the snow probably looked anything but innocent to him.

  • This brings back childhood memories.

  • It took her mind back to childhood memories of barefoot strolls down dusty lanes.

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