Thesaurus:childlike

Thesaurus

childlike

English

Adjective

Sense: of, like, or suitable for a child

Synonyms

• bairnlike (UK dialect)
• childlike
• childly
• juvenile
• juvey
• kiddish

Antonyms

• adultlike    [⇒ thesaurus]
• grown up
• unchildlike
• nonchildlike

Hyponyms

• childish    [⇒ thesaurus]
•   —
• boyish
• puerile
•   —
• girlish
• girllike
• girly
• puellile
• puelline

Hypernyms

• anthropic    [⇒ thesaurus]

See also

• Thesaurus:naive
• Thesaurus:young

Further reading

• “127. youth” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “childlike” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.