Childlike

What do we mean by childlike?

Like or befitting a child, as in innocence, trustfulness, or candor. adjective

Resembling a child or that which is proper to childhood; becoming to or characteristic of a child; hence, submissive, dutiful, trustful, artless, inexperienced, etc.

Synonyms Childlike, Childish, Infantile, Infantine. Childlike and childish express that which is characteristic of a child, the former applying to that which is worthy of approbation, or at least does not merit disapproval, and the latter usually to that which is not: as, a childlike freedom from guile; a childish petulance. To express that which belongs to the period of childhood, without qualifying it as good or bad, child or childhood is often used in composition: as, child-toil, childhood-days. Infantile and infantine are applied to the first stages of childhood; no clear distinction between them has yet been established. See youthful.

Resembling a child, or that which belongs to children; becoming a child; meek; submissive; dutiful. adjective

Innocent and trustful; credulous; artless adjective

Of, like, or suitable for a child; meek; submissive adjective

Exhibiting childlike simplicity and credulity adjective

Befitting a young child adjective

Innocent and trustful; credulous; artless.

Of, like, or suitable for a child.

Words that are spelled similarly to childlike:
childlike, childline, child-like, unchildlike, chalklike.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word childlike:
naivety, playfulness, innocence, demeanor, childish, mentality, simplicity, naive, fantasia, youthful, curiosity, empress, fascination, wonder, enthusiasm, innocent, clever, personality, creature, qualities, persona, imagination, erotic, teddy, charm, facial, gentle, doll, toys, creatures, sailor, magical, sophisticated, voice, behavior, fairy, drawings, robot, cartoon, mature, adult, depicted, imagery, aspect, loves, manner, humor, joy, sense, tone, appearance, sort, childhood, feeling, altered, attitude, faces, manga, self, memories, believes, pitch, fun, quality, seem, perspective, fantasy, seems, mind, dialogue, character, faith, evil, figure, characters, lyrics, comic, strange, hair, wearing, eyes, sexual.

Words that rhyme with childlike:
strike, like, spike, bike, pike, psych, hike, alike, dike, dyke, mike, unlike, shrike, dislike, trike, tyke, turnpike, reich, stike, klondike, ike, warlike, tike, lookalike, dreamlike, lifelike, hitchhike, businesslike, motorbike, ladylike, look like, vandyke, workmanlike, glike, fanlike, doglike, moonlike, feel like, apelike, catlike, grike, brike, skrike, hunger strike, birdlike, airstrike, fyke, starlike, ghostlike, eyelike, fike, rike, snakelike, dyck, homelike, updike, knifelike, pyke, gleich, safety bike, winglike, netlike, swordlike, wike, mountain bike, the like, wormlike, third reich, hornlike, eellike, leaflike, psych-, fernlike, wyke, plantlike, unsportsmanlike, beaklike, platelike, sharklike, statesmanlike, needlelike, berrylike, northern pike, grasslike, eich, teich, very much like, mosslike, lyke, carmike, glasslike, first reich, sympathy strike, texas purple spike, saltlike, weich, exercise bike, starchlike, tax hike, streich.

Adjectives that are often used to describe childlike:
same, high, little, kinder, german, fairy, simple, own, best, true, beautiful, old, french, cheerful, soft, weak.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective childlike:
simplicity, faith, innocence, trust, quality, way, wonder, confidence, voice, spirit, face, eyes, smile, nature, delight, joy, state, behavior, qualities, manner, pleasure, curiosity, love, enthusiasm, mind, dependence, heart, expression, naivete, sense, character, attitude, look, glee, belief, obedience, soul, dependency, ways, excitement, eagerness, fashion, purity, devotion, appearance, happiness, humility, affection, piety, ignorance, charm, vision, imagination, fear, feeling, figure, laughter, submission, disposition, candor, desire, docility, openness, gaiety, enjoyment, directness, grace, frankness, tone, awe, spontaneity, helplessness, playfulness, sweetness, freshness, earnestness, beauty, play, acceptance, fascination, tenderness, hearts, appeal, feelings, creature, candour, creatures, laugh, minds, reverence.

Words that sound like childlike:
childlike, childly, wild leek, childless, childline, jellylike, cold lake, jelly like, jelly-like, wildlife, wildly, wild life, salt lake, salt lick, would like, childish, child, childs, chadwick, child labor, childing, felt like, ciolek, chadli, chaldea, chaddock, chadic, china lake, churchlike.