Infantile

/ˈɪnfəntaɪl/

Synonyms for "infantile" (81 found)

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Adjective(5 words)

childish babier babiest babyish childlike

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

Strong matches (24)

Adjective(2 words)

childly immature

creation creative doll-like dollish elemental elementary embryonic fetal formative foundational fundamental gestatory immaturein armsin diapersin embryoin its infancyin nappiesin swaddling clothesin the bud

Adjective(2 words)

dootsie hissy

Related words (40)

in the cradleinaugural inceptive inchoate inchoative incipient incunabular infant infantine initial initiative initiatory introductory inventive juvenile kittenish nascent natal neonatal newborn

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original parturient postnatal pregnant prenatal primal primary prime primeval primitive primogenial procreative puerile rudimental rudimentary ur young

Adjective(2 words)

juvenile sophomoric

Noun(1 words)

mewling

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adjective

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childishnessearly infancyjuvenile behaviorneonatalsophomoric humortrivial content

Collocations

5 entries

infantile behaviorinfantile dreamsinfantile humorinfantile reflexesinfantile stage

Inflections

2 entries

more infantilemost infantile

Derivations

6 entries

infantilely infantilism infantilize infantilized infantilizes infantilizing

similar

2 entries

immature young

Sample sentences

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Left-wing communism is an infantile disorder.

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"Left-Wing" communism is an infantile disorder.

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There have been several cases of infantile paralysis.

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

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