About The Word Childlike
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Childlike
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What's The Definition Of Childlike?
[adj] befitting a young child; "childlike charm"
[adj] exhibiting childlike simplicity and credulity; "childlike trust"; "dewy-eyed innocence"; "simple courtesy" Synonyms | Synonyms for Childlike: childly | dewy-eyed | immature | naif | naive | simple | wide-eyed | young Related Terms | Find terms related to Childlike: angelic | artless | babish | babyish | beardless | blameless | bluff | blunt | born yesterday | boyish | boylike | calflike | candid | childish | clear | coltish | confiding | credulous | decrepit | dependent | depending | direct | doddering | doddery | doited | doting | dovelike | faultless | frank | girlish | girllike | guileless | guiltless | immature | in the clear | incorrupt | infantile | infantine | ingenu | ingenuous | innocent | kiddish | lamblike | maiden | maidenly | naive | not guilty | offenseless | open | openhearted | outspoken | plain | prelapsarian | pristine | puerile | puplike | puppyish | puppylike | reliant | relying | reproachless | sans reproche | senile | simple | simplehearted | simpleminded | sincere | single-hearted | single-minded | sinless | trustful | trusting | trusty | unassuming | uncorrupted | undefiled | undissembling | unfallen | unguarded | unlapsed | unreserved | unsophisticated | unsuspecting | unsuspicious | untouched by evil | unwary | with clean hands | without reproach | without suspicion | young | youthful See Also | Childlike In Webster's Dictionary \Child"like\, a.
Resembling a child, or that which belongs to children;
becoming a child; meek; submissive; dutiful. ``Childlike
obedience.'' --Hooker.
Note: Childlike, as applied to persons grown up, is commonly
in a good sense; as, childlike grace or simplicity;
childlike modesty.
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