Another word for childish
childish
modif.
Having qualities of a child
childlike, immature, babyish, baby, infantile, juvenile, puerile, youthful, primitive, boyish, girlish, adolescent, sophomoric, simple, green, soft, kiddish*; see also naive, simple 1, young 2.
Silly or stupid
Childlike because of senility
senile, in one's dotage, in one's second childhood; see old 1.
childish and childlike are both applied to persons of any age in referring to characteristics or qualities considered typical of a child, childish suggesting unfavorable qualities such as immaturity, foolishness, petulance, etc. and childlike, the favorable, as innocence, guilelessness, trustfulness, etc.
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Another word for childish
Of or characteristic of a child, especially in immaturity:
babyish, immature, infantile, juvenile, puerile. See youth
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