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childlike
childlikelike or befitting a child; innocent: His childlike bashfulness is charming.
Not to be confused with:childish – immature; infantile: Screaming and stamping your feet is childish.child·like C0292600 (chīld′līk′)adj. Like or befitting a child, as in innocence, trustfulness, or candor.childlike (ˈtʃaɪldˌlaɪk) adjlike or befitting a child, as in being innocent, trustful, etc. Compare childish2child•like (ˈtʃaɪldˌlaɪk)
adj. like or befitting a child: childlike trust. [1580–90] child′like`ness, n. syn: See childish. childish childlike1. 'childish'You say that someone is childish if you think they are behaving in a silly or immature way. We were shocked by Josephine's selfish and childish behaviour.Don't be so childish.2. 'childlike'You describe someone's voice, appearance, or behaviour as childlike when it seems like that of a child. Her voice was fresh and childlike.'That's amazing!' he cried with childlike enthusiasm.Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. | childlike - befitting a young child; "childlike charm"childlyyoung, immature - (used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth; "young people" | | 2. | childlike - exhibiting childlike simplicity and credulity; "childlike trust"; "dewy-eyed innocence"; "listened in round-eyed wonder"dewy-eyed, round-eyed, wide-eyed, simplenaif, naive - marked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile or worldly experience; "a teenager's naive ignorance of life"; "the naive assumption that things can only get better"; "this naive simple creature with wide friendly eyes so eager to believe appearances" |
childlikeadjective innocent, trusting, simple, naive, credulous, artless, ingenuous, guileless, unfeigned, trustful She had never lost her childlike sense of wonder.childlikeadjectiveOf or like a baby:babyish, cherubic, infantile, infantine.Translationschild (tʃaild) – plural children (ˈtʃildrən) – noun1. a young human being of either sex. 小孩 小孩2. a son or daughter. Her youngest child is five years old. 兒子或女兒 儿子或女儿ˈchildhood noun the state or time of being a child. Her childhood was a time of happiness. 童年 童年ˈchildish adjective like a child; silly. a childish remark. 幼稚的 幼稚的ˈchildishly adverb 幼稚地 幼稚地ˈchildishness noun 幼稚 幼稚ˈchildless adjective having no children. the childless couple. 無子女的 无子女的ˈchildlike adjective innocent; like a child. childlike faith; trustful and childlike. 孩子般的，天真的 孩子般天真的ˈchildbirth noun the act of giving birth to a child. She died in childbirth. 分娩 分娩child's play something very easy. Climbing that hill will be child's play. 輕而易舉的事 容易干的事情EncyclopediaSeechildFinancialSeeChildchildlike
Related to childlike: ChildLineSynonyms for childlikeadj innocentSynonyms- innocent
- trusting
- simple
- naive
- credulous
- artless
- ingenuous
- guileless
- unfeigned
- trustful
Synonyms for childlikeadj of or like a babySynonyms- babyish
- cherubic
- infantile
- infantine
Synonyms for childlikeadj befitting a young childSynonymsRelated Wordsadj exhibiting childlike simplicity and credulitySynonyms- dewy-eyed
- round-eyed
- wide-eyed
- simple
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