In nostalgic moments we may tend to think of childhood as a time of almost unbroken happiness.
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Childhood
//ˈtʃaɪld.hʊd//
Synonyms for "childhood" (34 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (7)
Strong matches (10)
Related words (17)
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3 entriesderived
13 entriesderived from
1 entriesis a
4 entriespart of
1 entriesrelated to
9 entriesTranslations
262 translations across 95 languages.
Aghwan
1 entries- 𐕘𐔰𐕙𐔴𐕒𐕡𐕎 noun (state of being a child)
Albanian
4 entries- foshnjëri noun (time when one is a child)
- fëmijëri noun (state of being a child)
- fëmijëri noun (time when one is a child)
- vogëli noun (state of being a child)
Arabic
2 entries- طُفُولَة noun (state of being a child)
- طُفُولَة noun (time when one is a child)
Armenian
1 entries- մանկություն noun (time when one is a child)
Assamese
4 entries- বাল্যকাল noun (time when one is a child)
- ল’ৰালি noun (state of being a child)
- ল’ৰালিকাল noun (time when one is a child)
- শৈশৱ noun (state of being a child)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- uşaq vaxtı noun (time when one is a child)
- uşaqlıq noun (time when one is a child)
Bashkir
1 entries- бала саҡ noun (time when one is a child)
Basque
1 entries- haurtzaro noun (time when one is a child)
Belarusian
2 entries- дзяці́нства noun (state of being a child)
- дзяці́нства noun (time when one is a child)
Bengali
4 entries- ছেলেবেলা noun (time when one is a child)
- ছোটবেলা noun (time when one is a child)
- শৈশব noun (state of being a child)
- শৈশব noun (time when one is a child)
Bhojpuri
1 entries- बचपन noun (state of being a child)
Bulgarian
2 entries- де́тство noun (state of being a child)
- де́тство noun (time when one is a child)
Burmese
1 entries- သူငယ်ဘဝ noun (state of being a child)
Catalan
3 entries- infantesa noun (state of being a child)
- infància noun (state of being a child)
- infància noun (time when one is a child)
Central Kurdish
2 entries- مناڵی noun (state of being a child)
- مناڵی noun (time when one is a child)
Chichewa
1 entries- ubwana noun (state of being a child)
Chinese Cantonese
4 entries- 初時 /初时 noun (early stages of development of something)
- 初段 noun (early stages of development of something)
- 初頭 /初头 noun (early stages of development of something)
- 幼年 noun (state of being a child)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 兒童期 /儿童期 noun (state of being a child)
- 兒童期 /儿童期 noun (time when one is a child)
- 初期 noun (early stages of development of something)
- 幼年 noun (state of being a child)
Crimean Tatar
2 entries- balalıq noun (state of being a child)
- balalıq noun (time when one is a child)
Czech
2 entries- dětství noun (state of being a child)
- dětství noun (time when one is a child)
Danish
3 entries- barndom noun (state of being a child)
- barndom noun (time when one is a child)
- barndomstid noun (time when one is a child)
Dutch
2 entries- kinderjaren noun (time when one is a child)
- kindertijd noun (time when one is a child)
East Central German
1 entries- Kindhaat noun (time when one is a child)
Egyptian
3 entries- X:r-d-w-Xrd-Z3 noun (state of being a child)
- n:x:n-nw-w-Xrd noun (state of being a child)
- n:x:n-t-Xrd noun (state of being a child)
Esperanto
2 entries- infanaĝo noun (time when one is a child)
- infaneco noun (state of being a child)
Estonian
2 entries- lapseiga noun (time when one is a child)
- lapsepõlv noun (time when one is a child)
Faroese
4 entries- barnaár noun (time when one is a child)
- barndómur noun (state of being a child)
- barndómur noun (time when one is a child)
- óvitaár noun (time when one is a child)
Finnish
3 entries- lapseus noun (state of being a child)
- lapsuus noun (time when one is a child)
- lapsuus noun (early stages of development of something)
French
2 entries- enfance noun (state of being a child)
- enfance noun (time when one is a child)
Galician
2 entries- infancia noun (state of being a child)
- nenez noun (state of being a child)
Georgian
2 entries- ბავშვობა noun (state of being a child)
- ბავშვობა noun (time when one is a child)
German
4 entries- Anfangszeit noun (early stages of development of something)
- Frühzeit noun (early stages of development of something)
- Jugend noun (early stages of development of something)
- Kinderzeit noun (time when one is a child)
Greek
4 entries- παιδική ηλικία noun (state of being a child)
- παιδική ηλικία noun (time when one is a child)
- παιδική ηλικία noun (early stages of development of something)
- πρώτα στάδια noun (early stages of development of something)
Gujarati
4 entries- નાનપણ noun (state of being a child)
- બચગી noun (state of being a child)
- બચપણ noun (state of being a child)
- બાળપણ noun (state of being a child)
Hebrew
2 entries- יַלְדוּת noun (state of being a child)
- יַלְדוּת noun (time when one is a child)
Hindi
4 entries- आरंभिक noun (early stages of development of something)
- बचपन noun (state of being a child)
- बचपन noun (time when one is a child)
- बालअवस्था noun (state of being a child)
Hungarian
4 entries- gyerekcipőben jár noun (early stages of development of something)
- gyermekkor noun (state of being a child)
- gyermekkor noun (time when one is a child)
- kezdeti szakasz noun (early stages of development of something)
Icelandic
2 entries- barnæska noun (state of being a child)
- barnæska noun (time when one is a child)
Iranian Persian
4 entries- بَچِگی noun (state of being a child)
- بَچِگی noun (time when one is a child)
- کودَکی noun (state of being a child)
- کودَکی noun (time when one is a child)
Italian
2 entries- infanzia noun (state of being a child)
- infanzia noun (time when one is a child)
Japanese
4 entries- 初期 noun (early stages of development of something)
- 子供時代 noun (time when one is a child)
- 小児期 noun (state of being a child)
- 幼年 noun (state of being a child)
Kalmyk
1 entries- бичкндк цагнь noun (state of being a child)
Kazakh
3 entries- балалық noun (state of being a child)
- балалық noun (time when one is a child)
- балалық шақ noun (time when one is a child)
Khmer
2 entries- កុមារភាព noun (time when one is a child)
- តំណូច noun (time when one is a child)
Korean
4 entries- 어린 시절 noun (state of being a child)
- 어린 시절 noun (time when one is a child)
- 어린이성 noun (state of being a child)
- 유년 noun (state of being a child)
Kyrgyz
2 entries- балалык noun (time when one is a child)
- балалык чак noun (time when one is a child)
Ladino
1 entries- chikez noun (time when one is a child)
Lao
1 entries- ໄວເດັກ noun (time when one is a child)
Latin
1 entries- pueritia noun (state of being a child)
Latvian
3 entries- bērnība noun (state of being a child)
- bērnība noun (time when one is a child)
- bērnība noun (early stages of development of something)
Lithuanian
2 entries- vaikystė noun (state of being a child)
- vaikystė noun (time when one is a child)
Macedonian
4 entries- детинство noun (state of being a child)
- детинство noun (time when one is a child)
- детство noun (state of being a child)
- детство noun (time when one is a child)
Malayalam
1 entries- കുട്ടിക്കാലം noun (time when one is a child)
Maltese
2 entries- tfulija noun (state of being a child)
- tfulija noun (time when one is a child)
Marathi
4 entries- बालपण noun (state of being a child)
- बालपण noun (time when one is a child)
- बाल्य noun (state of being a child)
- बाल्य noun (time when one is a child)
Middle English
1 entries- childhode noun (time when one is a child)
Mongolian
2 entries- бага нас noun (state of being a child)
- ᠪᠠᠭᠠ ᠨᠠᠰᠤ noun (state of being a child)
Māori
3 entries- hokoitinga noun (time when one is a child)
- whanaketanga noun (state of being a child)
- whanaketanga noun (time when one is a child)
Northern Kurdish
2 entries- zarokî noun (time when one is a child)
- zarotî noun (time when one is a child)
Northern Sami
2 entries- mánnávuohta noun (state of being a child)
- mánnávuohta noun (time when one is a child)
Norwegian Bokmål
3 entries- barndom noun (state of being a child)
- barndom noun (time when one is a child)
- barndomstid noun (time when one is a child)
Norwegian Nynorsk
3 entries- barndom noun (state of being a child)
- barndom noun (time when one is a child)
- barndomstid noun (time when one is a child)
Old English
1 entries- ċildhād noun (state of being a child)
Old Norse
1 entries- barnǿska noun (time when one is a child)
Pali
1 entries- bālya noun (state of being a child)
Pannonian Rusyn
2 entries- дзецинство noun (state of being a child)
- дзецинство noun (time when one is a child)
Pashto
3 entries- طفلي noun (time when one is a child)
- طفوليت noun (time when one is a child)
- ماشومتوب noun (time when one is a child)
Polish
2 entries- dzieciństwo noun (state of being a child)
- dzieciństwo noun (time when one is a child)
Portuguese
3 entries- infância noun (state of being a child)
- infância noun (time when one is a child)
- infância noun (early stages of development of something)
Romanian
2 entries- copilărie noun (state of being a child)
- copilărie noun (time when one is a child)
Russian
4 entries- де́тство noun (state of being a child)
- де́тство noun (time when one is a child)
- де́тство noun (early stages of development of something)
- о́трочество noun (time when one is a child)
Sanskrit
2 entries- अपत्यता noun (state of being a child)
- बाल्य noun (state of being a child)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- djètīnjstvo noun (state of being a child)
- djètīnjstvo noun (time when one is a child)
- djètīnjstvo noun (early stages of development of something)
- dètīnjstvo noun (state of being a child)
Slovak
2 entries- detstvo noun (state of being a child)
- detstvo noun (time when one is a child)
Slovene
4 entries- detinstvo noun (state of being a child)
- detinstvo noun (time when one is a child)
- otroštvo noun (state of being a child)
- otroštvo noun (time when one is a child)
Southern Altai
1 entries- бала ӧйи noun (state of being a child)
Spanish
2 entries- niñez noun (time when one is a child)
- puericia noun (time when one is a child)
Swahili
3 entries- uana noun (state of being a child)
- utoto noun (state of being a child)
- utoto noun (time when one is a child)
Swedish
2 entries- barndom noun (state of being a child)
- barndom noun (time when one is a child)
Tagalog
1 entries- pagkabata noun (state of being a child)
Tajik
4 entries- бачагӣ noun (state of being a child)
- бачагӣ noun (time when one is a child)
- кӯдакӣ noun (state of being a child)
- кӯдакӣ noun (time when one is a child)
Telugu
2 entries- బాల్యం noun (state of being a child)
- బాల్యం noun (time when one is a child)
Thai
2 entries- วัยเด็ก noun (state of being a child)
- วัยเด็ก noun (time when one is a child)
Turkish
2 entries- çocukluk noun (state of being a child)
- çocukluk noun (time when one is a child)
Turkmen
2 entries- oğlanlyk noun (time when one is a child)
- çagalyk noun (time when one is a child)
Ukrainian
2 entries- дити́нство noun (state of being a child)
- дити́нство noun (time when one is a child)
Upper Sorbian
2 entries- dźěćatstwo noun (state of being a child)
- dźěćatstwo noun (time when one is a child)
Urdu
2 entries- بَچْپَن noun (state of being a child)
- بَچْپَن noun (time when one is a child)
Uzbek
1 entries- bolalik noun (time when one is a child)
Vietnamese
1 entries- tuổi thơ noun (time when one is a child)
Volapük
2 entries- cilüp noun (state of being a child)
- cilüp noun (time when one is a child)
Welsh
2 entries- plentyndod noun (state of being a child)
- plentyndod noun (time when one is a child)
Yiddish
2 entries- קינדעריאָרן noun (time when one is a child)
- קינדשאַפֿט noun (time when one is a child)
Zazaki
1 entries- domaniye noun (time when one is a child)
Zulu
4 entries- ubungane noun (state of being a child)
- ubungane noun (time when one is a child)
- ubuntwana noun (state of being a child)
- ubuntwana noun (time when one is a child)
Sample sentences
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Yumiko married a childhood friend last June.
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Yes, we have been friends since our childhood.
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This photo takes me back to my childhood.
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