Thesaurus:childish

Thesaurus

childish

English

Adjective

Sense: behaving like a child

Synonyms

• babish
• babyish
• bairnish
• childish
• dootsie (UK dialect)
• hissy
• lactifluous
• infantile
• infantine
• immature
• kiddish
• juvenile
• milky
• puerile

Antonyms

• mature    [⇒ thesaurus]

Hyponyms

• brattish
• bratty
• petulant

Hypernyms

• childlike    [⇒ thesaurus]
• unsuitable    [⇒ thesaurus]
• young    [⇒ thesaurus]

Further reading

• “129. infant” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “childish” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.