Childhood synonyms
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nursery days
The period during which one is under legal age.
growing years
early years
adulthood (antonym)
The time of life when one is expected to take responsibility for one's own actions and well-being.
More generally used to describe a person prior to the age of majority.
The quality or condition of being juvenile; youthfulness.
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
tender age
declining years (antonym)
The definition of immature is something that isn’t fully grown or developed.
pediatric
Of or pertaining to pediatrics, the branch of medicine dealing with the care and treatment of children.
juvenilia
Books for children
A transitional period of development between an initial or early phase and an established or mature phase:
Young people considered as a group.
(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.
pupilage
The period during which one is a pupil
juniority
The quality or state of being junior.
the cradle
girlhood
(Uncountable) The state of being a girl.
pubescence
The quality or state of being pubescent
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.
The definition of childish is a person or thing that is silly, immature, like a child or directed at children.
Of or having to do with infants or infancy
Not interesting; dull:
Characteristic of youth or immaturity; childish
Immature, especially in being silly or trivial; childish.
childishness
(Uncountable) The state of being childish.
Plural form of descendant
A deterioration of mental faculties associated with aging.
impuberty
The condition of not having reached puberty.
infantility
Quality of being infantile
All of a person's descendants
A child or children of a parent or parents:
puerilism
Childish behavior in an adult, especially as a symptom of mental illness.
An instance of this
school-days
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