Infantile

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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