Synonyms for "puppyish" (11 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (3)

beardlessboyishchildish

Strong matches (3)

childlikecoltishgirlish

Related words (5)

maidenmaidenlypuerilepuppylike

Adjective(1 words)

puppylike

Related word relations

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5 relation types

Synonyms

1 entries

puppylike

derived

1 entries

puppyishly

derived from

1 entries

puppy

related to

4 entries

energeticinnocentplayfulpuppy

similar

2 entries

immatureyoung

Translations

8 translations across 7 languages.

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Esperanto

1 entries

• hundida adj (With the qualities of a puppy)

Finnish

2 entries

• pennun adj (With the qualities of a puppy)
• pentumainen adj (With the qualities of a puppy)

Hebrew

1 entries

• מכלובלב adj (With the qualities of a puppy)

Polish

1 entries

• szczenięcy adj (With the qualities of a puppy)

Russian

1 entries

• щеня́чий adj (With the qualities of a puppy)

Spanish

1 entries

• cachorril adj (With the qualities of a puppy)

Ukrainian

1 entries

• щенячий adj (With the qualities of a puppy)

Sample sentences

1 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

He found his subordinate's puppyish enthusiasm a trifle wearing.

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