Childish synonyms and antonyms
chīl'dĭsh
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Part of speech:
Not finished or perfected; incomplete
Pretentious; inflated in style or manner
Like or characteristic of a child; innocent, trusting, etc.
Silly or trivial, esp. in a childish way or as a result of immaturity
Characteristic of youth or immaturity; childish
naive (related)
Lacking worldly experience and understanding, especially:
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petulant (related)
Displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity; childish:
Impossible to take seriously; silly:
Of a claim or assertion in litigation, that it lacks merit or substance; often a pejorative term, implying bad faith or negligence by the pleading party.
Insignificant; trivial:
wise (antonym)
(Historical) Having knowledge of black magic, etc.
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sensible (antonym)
Acting with or exhibiting good judgment; reasonable:
sophisticated (antonym)
Complicated, especially of complex technology.
Developing from childhood to maturity; growing up
silly (related)
Irresponsible, showing irresponsible behaviors.
adult (antonym)
Relating to, intended for, or befitting adults:
Crude, simple, rough, uncivilized, etc.
Having or showing a tendency to make much of small matters
mature (antonym)
The definition of mature refers to someone or something that is full grown or adult, either physically or in terms of behavior and attitude.
serious (antonym)
The definition of serious is showing deep thought, not joking, or a situation that requires careful thought.
doited
Afflicted with weak-mindedness, usually caused by senility
banal (related)
The definition of youthful is someone who is young and vigorous, or is something that has the characteristics of someone young such as active and new.
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Not yet fully processed, especially:
in one's dotage
Childlike because of senility
lascivious (related)
simple (related)
Not pretentious, guileful, or deceitful; humble or sincere:
young (related)
Being in an early period of life or growth; not old
The definition of credulous is someone who is too eager to believe things, often without thinking them through.
mischievous (related)
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pathetic (related)
crass (related)
self-indulgent (related)
vulgar (related)
brainless (related)
masochistic (related)
sarcastic (related)
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(Phonet.) Designating c sounded as in voice or g sounded as in age
Lacking or resulting from a lack of intelligence:
Showing the marked deterioration often accompanying old age, esp. mental impairment characterized by confusion, memory loss, etc.
in one's second childhood
Childlike because of senility
youth (related)
Of or characteristic of a child, especially in immaturity
Of, like, or fit for a boy or boys
Intended for babies.
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old (related)
A grammatical intensifier, often used in describing something positive. (Mostly in idioms like good old, big old and little old, any old and some old.)
gleeful (related)
Of, like, or suitable to a girl or girlhood
Synonym Study
- 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.
Find another word for childish. In this page you can discover 53 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for childish, like: immature, sophomoric, kiddish, childlike, puerile, juvenile, naive, babyish, petulant, infantile and absurd.
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