Nearby Words
puerile [pyoo-er-il, -uh-rahyl, pyoor-il, -ahyl]
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puerile [pyoo-er-il, -uh-rahyl, pyoor-il, -ahyl]
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: childish
Synonyms: babyish, babylike, callow, foolish, green*, immature, inane, inexperienced, infantile, irresponsible, jejune, juvenile, naive, petty, ridiculous, silly, trivial, unfledged, ungrown, weak, young
Antonyms: adult, mature
Main Entry: babyish
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: acting like an infant
Synonyms: baby, childish, foolish, immature, infantile, juvenile, kid stuff, puerile, silly, sissy, sissyish, spoiled
Antonyms: grown-up, mature
Main Entry: callow
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: immature
Synonyms: crude, green, guileless, inexperienced, infant, jejune, jellybean, juvenile, kid, low tech, naive, not dry behind ears, puerile, raw, sophomore, tenderfoot, unbaked, unfledged, unripe, unsophisticated, untrained, untried, young
Notes: callow means lacking experience of life, immature - while shallow means lacking depth of intellect, emotion, or knowledge
Antonyms: experienced, initiated, mature, sophisticated
Main Entry: childish
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: immature, silly
Synonyms: adolescent, baby, babyish, callow, childlike, foolish, frivolous, green, infantile, infantine, innocent, jejune, juvenile, kid stuff, naive, puerile, unsophisticated, young, youthful
Antonyms: adult, mature, sensible, serious, wise
Main Entry: crazy
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: unrealistic, fantastic
Synonyms: absurd, balmy, beyond all reason, bizarre, cockeyed, derisory, eccentric, fatuous, foolhardy, foolish, goofy*, half-baked, harebrained, idiotic, ill-conceived, impracticable, imprudent, inane, inappropriate, insane, irresponsible, loony, ludicrous, nonsensical, odd, out of all reason, outrageous, peculiar, preposterous, puerile, quixotic, ridiculous, senseless, short-sighted, silly, strange, unworkable, weird, wild
Antonyms: believeable, realistic, reasonable, sensible
Main Entry: fatuous
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: stupid
Synonyms: absurd, asinine, birdbrained, boneheaded, brainless, dense, dull, foolish, idiotic, imbecile, inane, insensate, jerky, lamebrained, ludicrous, lunatic, mad, mindless, moronic, puerile, sappy, silly, simple, vacuous, witless
Antonyms: aware, bright, intelligent, keen, sensible, smart
Main Entry: flimsy
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: unconvincing, implausible
Synonyms: assailable, baseless, contemptible, controvertible, fallacious, false, feeble, frivolous, groundless, illogical, improbable, inadequate, inane, inconceivable, incredible, inept, lame, poor, puerile, superficial, thin, transparent, trifling, trivial, unbelievable, ungrounded, unpersuasive, unreasonable, unsatisfactory, unsubstantial, weak, weakly, wishful
Antonyms: convincing, plausible, reasonable, serious, strong
Main Entry: frivolous
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: trivial, silly
Synonyms: barmy, childish, dizzy*, empty-headed, facetious, featherbrained, flighty, flip, flippant, foolish, gay, giddy*, harebrained, idiotic, idle, ill-considered, impractical, juvenile, light, light-minded, minor, niggling, nonserious, not serious, paltry, peripheral, petty, playful, pointless, puerile, scatterbrained, senseless, shallow, sportive, superficial, tongue-in-cheek, unimportant, unprofound, volatile, whimsical
Antonyms: grave, mature, sensible, serious, solemn, thoughtful, wise
Main Entry: green
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: young, new, blooming
Synonyms: bosky, budding, burgeoning, callow, developing, flourishing, foliate, fresh, grassy, growing, half-formed, immature, infant, juvenile, leafy, lush, maturing, pliable, puerile, pullulating, raw, recent, sprouting, supple, tender, undecayed, undried, unfledged, ungrown, unripe, unseasoned, verdant, verduous, youthful
Antonyms: old, withered
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