Infantile

//ˈɪnfəntaɪl//

Synonyms for "infantile" (84 found)

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Closest matches (17)

childish puerile abecedarian aboriginal antenatal autochthonous babish baby babyish beginning budding characterless

Adjective(5 words)

babish babyish bairnish bairnly childish

Strong matches (25)

Adjective(1 words)

childish

childlike creation creative doll-like dollish elemental elementary embryonic fetal formative foundational fundamental gestatory immature in arms in diapers in embryo in its infancy in nappies in swaddling clothes

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in the bud

Adjective(3 words)

dootsie hissy immature

Related words (42)

Related word relations

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4 relation types

Synonyms

2 entries

childish puerile

derived

12 entries

early infantile autism infantile autism infantile dementia infantile paralysis infantilely infantileness infantilise infantilism infantilist infantility noninfantile progressive infantile poliodystrophy

related to

4 entries

childish immature infant pertaining

similar

3 entries

immature young

Translations

40 translations across 16 languages.

Bulgarian

3 entries

детински adj (childish; immature)
детски adj (pertaining to infants)
инфантилен adj (childish; immature)

Catalan

2 entries

infantil adj (pertaining to infants)
infantil adj (childish; immature)

Czech

2 entries

dětinský adj (childish; immature)
infantilní adj (childish; immature)

Dutch

3 entries

infantiel adj (childish; immature)
kinderachtig adj (childish; immature)
kinderlijk adj (childish; immature)

French

2 entries

infantile adj (pertaining to infants)
infantile adj (childish; immature)

German

3 entries

albern adj (pertaining to infants)
infantil adj (pertaining to infants)
kindisch adj (pertaining to infants)

Hebrew

3 entries

אינפנטילי adj (childish; immature)
ילדותי adj (pertaining to infants)
ילדותי adj (childish; immature)

Hungarian

1 entries

infantilis adj (childish; immature)

Italian

3 entries

infantile adj (pertaining to infants)
infantile adj (childish; immature)
puerile adj (childish; immature)

Manx

2 entries

lhiannooagh adj (pertaining to infants)
oikanagh adj (pertaining to infants)

Polish

3 entries

dziecinny adj (childish; immature)
dziecięcy adj (pertaining to infants)
infantylny adj (childish; immature)

Slovak

2 entries

detinský adj (childish; immature)
infantilný adj (childish; immature)

Spanish

4 entries

aniñado adj (childish; immature)
infantil adj (pertaining to infants)
infantil adj (childish; immature)
pueril adj (pertaining to infants)

Swedish

2 entries

infantil adj (pertaining to infants)
infantil adj (childish; immature)

Turkish

3 entries

çocuksal adj (pertaining to infants)
çocuksu adj (childish; immature)
çocukça adj (childish; immature)

Ukrainian

1 entries

інфанти́льний adj (childish; immature)

Sample sentences

12 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Left-wing communism is an infantile disorder.

Source: tatoeba (439021)

"Left-Wing" communism is an infantile disorder.

Source: tatoeba (824523)

There have been several cases of infantile paralysis.

Source: tatoeba (2259477)

In psychoanalysis, this voice is called the superego, which Freud conceived as the infantile internalizing of parental authority.

Source: tatoeba (2866387)

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