Thesaurus:childlike

Thesaurus:childlike

THESAURUS

childlike

English

Synonyms

• bairnlike (UK dialect)

• childlike

• childly

• juvenile

• juvey

• kiddish

Antonyms

• adultlike    [WS]

• grown up

• unchildlike

• nonchildlike

Hyponyms

• childish    [WS]

•   —

• boyish

• puerile

•   —

• girlish

• girly

• puellile

Hypernyms

• anthropic    [WS]

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.