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Synonyms for puerile
ˈpyu ər ɪl, -əˌraɪl, ˈpyʊər ɪl, -aɪlpuerile
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puerile
Boyish, childish, and girlish are used in a good sense of those to whom they properly belong, but in a bad sense of those from whom more maturity is to be expected; childish eagerness or glee is pleasing in a child, but unbecoming in a man; puerile in modern use is distinctly contemptuous. Juvenile and youthful are commonly used in a favorable and kindly sense in their application to those still young; youthful in the sense of having the characteristics of youth, hence fresh, vigorous, light-hearted, buoyant, may have a favorable import as applied to any age, as when we say the old man still retains his youthful ardor, vigor, or hopefulness; juvenile in such use would belittle the statement. Young is distinctively applied to those in the early stage of life or not arrived at maturity. Compare NEW.
Compare synonyms for OLD.
Synonyms:
adolescent, boyish, callow, childish, childlike, girlish, immature, juvenile, young, youthful
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Princeton's WordNet
puerileadjective
of or characteristic of a child
"puerile breathing"
Synonyms:
adolescent, jejune, juvenileAntonyms:
matureadolescent, jejune, juvenile, puerileadjective
displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity
"adolescent insecurity"; "jejune responses to our problems"; "their behavior was juvenile"; "puerile jokes"
Synonyms:
teen, teenaged, insubstantial, teenage, insipid, adolescent, jejune, juvenileAntonyms:
mature
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List of paraphrases for "puerile":
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#432 | teen | |
#571 | young | |
#4981 | weak | |
#5252 | teenage | |
#5790 | juvenile | |
#8155 | silly | |
#9386 | adolescent | |
#21772 | youthful | |
#22794 | immature | |
#26975 | futile | |
#28446 | childish | |
#45233 | infantile | |
#48752 | nonsensical | |
#57800 | childlike | |
#64362 | boyish | |
#64691 | teenaged | |
#69037 | trifling | |
#69701 | callow | |
#72074 | insipid | |
#90000 | girlish | |
#90817 | insubstantial | |
#119384 | puerile | |
#245515 | nugatory | |
#315230 | jejune |
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