Childlike
21childlike — child•like [[t]ˈtʃaɪldˌlaɪk[/t]] adj. like or befitting a child: childlike trust[/ex] • Etymology: 1580–90 child′like ness, n. syn: See childish …
22childlike — adjective a) innocent and trustful; credulous; artless b) of, like, or suitable for a child; meek; submissive Syn: childish …
23childlike — Synonyms and related words: angelic, artless, babish, babyish, beardless, blameless, bluff, blunt, born yesterday, boyish, boylike, calflike, candid, childish, clear, coltish, confiding, credulous, decrepit, dependent, depending, direct,… …
24childlike — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. unaffected, innocent, childish, ingenuous; see naive , natural 3 . See Synonym Study at childish . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Of or like a baby: babyish, cherubic, infantile, infantine. See YOUTH …
25childlike — adj. like a child; innocent; naive …
26childlike — adjective (of an adult) having the good qualities, such as innocence, associated with a child …
27childlike — a. 1. Docile, meek, submissive, dutiful, obedient, gentle. 2. Simple, innocent, ingenuous, uncrafty, guileless, trustful, confiding …
28childlike — adj 1. infantile, babyish; boyish, girlish. See childish (def.1). 2. ingenuous, open, guileless, genuine, artless; sincere, honest, undeceptive, unfeigning, undissembling; natural, unassuming, unpretending; trusting, unsuspicious, unwary,… …
29childlike — /ˈtʃaɪldlaɪk/ (say chuyldluyk) adjective like or befitting a child, as in innocence, frankness, etc. –childlikeness, noun …
30childlike — adj. having the good qualities of a child as innocence, frankness, etc …
