'Boyish' definitions:
Definition of 'boyish'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Befitting or characteristic of a young boy; "a boyish grin"; "schoolboyish pranks" [syn: boyish, boylike, schoolboyish]
Definition of 'Boyish'
From: GCIDE
- Boyish \Boy"ish\, a. Resembling a boy in a manners or opinions; belonging to a boy; childish; trifling; puerile. [1913 Webster]
- A boyish, odd conceit. --Baillie. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'boyish'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- adolescent,
- airy,
- attenuate,
- attenuated,
- beardless,
- boylike,
- calflike,
- childish,
- childlike,
- coltish,
- delicate,
- diaphanous,
- diluted,
- ethereal,
- fine,
- fine-drawn,
- finespun,
- flimsy,
- frail,
- gauzy,
- girlish,
- girllike,
- gossamer,
- gracile,
- immature,
- insubstantial,
- juvenile,
- kiddish,
- lacy,
- light,
- maiden,
- maidenly,
- misty,
- papery,
- puerile,
- puplike,
- puppyish,
- puppylike,
- rare,
- rarefied,
- slender,
- slenderish,
- slight,
- slight-made,
- slim,
- slimmish,
- slinky,
- small,
- subtle,
- svelte,
- sylphlike,
- tenuous,
- thin,
- thin-bodied,
- thin-set,
- thin-spun,
- thinnish,
- threadlike,
- vague,
- wasp-waisted,
- watered,
- watered-down,
- watery,
- weak,
- willowy,
- wiredrawn,
- wispy,
- young,
- youthful