| ADJECTIVE | all | childlike, childly | befitting a young child |
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| all | childlike, wide-eyed, round-eyed, dewy-eyed, simple | exhibiting childlike simplicity and credulity |
| Sounds | chay'ldlay.k | |
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| Rhymes | alike ... wormlike: 58 rhymes with ayk... | |
| Meaning | befitting a young child. | |
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| Example | "childlike charm" | |
| Synonym | childly | |
| Broader | young, immature | (used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth |
| Spanish | aniñado, pueril | |
| Meaning | Exhibiting childlike simplicity and credulity. | |
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| Example | "childlike trust" | |
| Synonyms | wide-eyed, round-eyed, dewy-eyed, simple | |
| Broader | naive, naif | marked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile or worldly / worldly experience |
| Spanish | infantil, ingenuo, inocente | |
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