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HOME | Definition of infantile (INFANTILE, Infantile)


    Infantile \In"fan*tile\ (?; 277), a. [L. infantilis: cf. F.
    infantile. See Infant.]
    Of or pertaining to infancy, or to an infant; similar to, or
    characteristic of, an infant; childish; as, infantile
    behavior.
    [1913 Webster]

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48


    infantile
    adj 1: indicating a lack of maturity; "childish tantrums";
    "infantile behavior" [syn: childish]
    2: of or relating to infants or infancy; "infantile paralysis"
    3: being or befitting or characteristic of an infant;
    "infantile games"

    WordNet (r) 2.0


    66 Moby Thesaurus words for "infantile":
    abecedarian, aboriginal, antenatal, autochthonous, babish, baby,
    babyish, beginning, budding, childish, childlike, 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, in the bud, in the cradle, inaugural,
    inceptive, inchoate, inchoative, incipient, incunabular, infant,
    infantine, initial, initiative, initiatory, introductory,
    inventive, juvenile, kittenish, nascent, natal, neonatal, newborn,
    original, parturient, postnatal, pregnant, prenatal, primal,
    primary, prime, primeval, primitive, primogenial, procreative,
    puerile, rudimental, rudimentary, ur

    Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0


childish


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