'Infantile' definitions:
Definition of 'infantile'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Indicating a lack of maturity; "childish tantrums"; "infantile behavior" [syn: childish, infantile]
adjective
Of or relating to infants or infancy; "infantile paralysis"
adjective
Being or befitting or characteristic of an infant; "infantile games"
Definition of 'Infantile'
From: GCIDE
- Infantile \In"fan*tile\ (?; 277), a. [L. infantilis: cf. F. infantile. See Infant.] Of or pertaining to infancy, or to an infant; similar to, or characteristic of, an infant; childish; as, infantile behavior. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'infantile'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abecedarian,
- aboriginal,
- antenatal,
- autochthonous,
- babish,
- baby,
- babyish,
- beginning,
- budding,
- childish,
- childlike,
- creative,
- doll-like,
- dollish,
- elemental,
- elementary,
- embryonic,
- fetal,
- formative,
- foundational,
- fundamental,
- gestatory,
- immature,
- in arms,
- in diapers,
- in embryo,
- in its infancy,
- in nappies,
- in swaddling clothes,
- in the bud,
- in the cradle,
- inaugural,
- inceptive,
- inchoate,
- inchoative,
- incipient,
- incunabular,
- infant,
- infantine,
- initial,
- initiative,
- initiatory,
- introductory,
- inventive,
- juvenile,
- kittenish,
- nascent,
- natal,
- neonatal,
- newborn,
- original,
- parturient,
- postnatal,
- pregnant,
- prenatal,
- primal,
- primary,
- prime,
- primeval,
- primitive,
- primogenial,
- procreative,
- puerile,
- rudimental,
- rudimentary,
- ur