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[ chahyld-lahyk ] / ˈtʃaɪldˌlaɪk / SEE SYNONYMS FOR childlike ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivelike a child, as in innocence, frankness, etc.; befitting a child: childlike trust. Origin of childlikeFirst recorded in 1580–90; child + -like SYNONYMS FOR childlikeyoung, ingenuous, simple, guileless, trusting, innocent. SEE SYNONYMS FOR childlike ON THESAURUS.COM ANTONYMS FOR childlikesophisticated, adult. SEE ANTONYMS FOR childlike ON THESAURUS.COM synonym study for childlikeSee childish. OTHER WORDS FROM childlikechildlikeness, nounun·child·like, adjectiveWORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH childlikechildish, childlike (see synonym study at childish)Words nearby childlikechilding, childish, child labor, child labor laws, child labour, childlike, childly, childminder, childness, child pornography, childproof Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for childlikeBut then the summit gives way to the other side of the hill, and a childlike glee arises from the whooooosh of the descent. Biking With the Bard|Kara Cutruzzula|December 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST Too many people reverted to a childlike state, and they wanted a daddy-protector. The U.S. Will Torture Again—and We’re All to Blame|Michael Tomasky|December 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST Their playful exhibitions are often meant to be interactive and instill a childlike sense of joy in the viewer. New York City’s New Mystery Art Piece|Sara Sayed|September 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST “Her reporting was childlike but graphic,” says the documents. Inside the Shocking Custody Case Court Documents that Shed Light on the Dylan Farrow-Woody Allen Saga|Marlow Stern|February 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Childlike Elvis Presley was amusing but a complete failure in the feathers. Rita Moreno, SAG Life Achievement Award Winner, Talks Brando, Elvis And West Side Story|Sandra McElwaine|January 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST They would die for a smile from Csar, gazing at him with eyes of childlike adoration. The Death of the Gods|Dmitri Mrejkowski We have lost the childlike power of living without conscious aims. Over Prairie Trails|Frederick Philip Grove Elsie's childlike eyes had been watching the evening shadow of the cliffs creep along the valley after the retreating sunlight. Bloom of Cactus|Robert Ames Bennet A childlike fear had seized her, there, suddenly, between these two silent figures: the living and the dead. I Will Repay|Baroness Emmuska Orczy An Indian legend pours cruel scorn upon this childlike megalomania: A fox had fallen into a stream and was drowning. Morals and the Evolution of Man|Max Simon Nordau
British Dictionary definitions for childlike
adjectivelike or befitting a child, as in being innocent, trustful, etcCompare childish (def. 2) Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to childlikeguileless, childish, artless, credulous, immature, ingenuous, natural, simple, spontaneous, trusting, unaffected, unfeigned, trustful |