'Childish' definitions:
Definition of 'childish'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Indicating a lack of maturity; "childish tantrums"; "infantile behavior" [syn: childish, infantile]
Definition of 'Childish'
From: GCIDE
- Childish \Child"ish\ (ch[imac]ld"[i^]sh), a.
- 1. Of, pertaining to, befitting, or resembling, a child. "Childish innocence." --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Puerile; trifling; weak. [1913 Webster]
- Methinks that simplicity in her countenance is rather childish than innocent. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
- Note: Childish, as applied to persons who are grown up, is in a disparaging sense; as, a childish temper. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'childish'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- arrested,
- asinine,
- babish,
- babyish,
- backward,
- beardless,
- boyish,
- boylike,
- calflike,
- childlike,
- coltish,
- decrepit,
- doddering,
- doddery,
- doited,
- doting,
- fatuous,
- foolish,
- girlish,
- girllike,
- immature,
- inexperienced,
- infantile,
- infantine,
- juvenile,
- kiddish,
- maiden,
- maidenly,
- moronic,
- naive,
- puerile,
- puplike,
- puppyish,
- puppylike,
- retarded,
- senile,
- silly,
- simple,
- slow,
- sophomoric,
- underdeveloped,
- undeveloped,
- unsophisticated,
- wanting