Childlike
11childlike — adjective 1) his grandmother looked almost childlike Syn: youthful, young, young looking, girlish, boyish 2) geniuses tend to be rather childlike Syn: innocent, artless, guileless, unworldly, unsophisticated, naive …
12childlike — adjective Date: 1586 resembling, suggesting, or appropriate to a child or childhood; especially marked by innocence, trust, and ingenuousness < childlike delight > • childlikeness noun …
13childlike — childlikeness, n. /chuyld luyk /, adj. like a child, as in innocence, frankness, etc.; befitting a child: childlike trust. [1580 90; CHILD + LIKE] Syn. young, ingenuous, simple, guileless, trusting, innocent. See childish. Ant. sophisticated,… …
14childlike — See childish, childlike …
15childlike — adj. Childlike is used with these nouns: ↑delight, ↑excitement, ↑innocence, ↑joy, ↑simplicity, ↑wonder …
16childlike — child|like [ tʃaıld,laık ] adjective similar to the way a child looks, behaves, or thinks, and usually pleasant for that reason: Christmas always fills her with childlike excitement …
17childlike — adjective having qualities that are typical of a child, especially qualities such as innocence and trust: an expression of childlike innocence compare childish …
18childlike — adjective childlike curiosity Syn: youthful, innocent, unsophisticated, naive, trusting, artless, unaffected, uninhibited, natural, spontaneous Ant: adult …
19childlike — UK [ˈtʃaɪldˌlaɪk] / US adjective showing approval similar to the way a child looks, behaves, or thinks, and usually pleasant for that reason Christmas always fills her with childlike excitement …
20childlike — [ˈtʃaɪldˌlaɪk] adj similar to the way that a child looks, behaves, or thinks childlike excitement[/ex] …
