All childhood synonyms
child·hood
C c noun childhood
- nonage — the period of legal minority, or of an age below 21.
- juvenility — juvenile state, character, or manner.
- minority — the smaller part or number; a number, part, or amount forming less than half of the whole.
- puberty — the period or age at which a person is first capable of sexual reproduction of offspring: in common law, presumed to be 14 years in the male and 12 years in the female.
- infancy — the state or period of being an infant; very early childhood, usually the period before being able to walk; babyhood.
- nursery — a room or place set apart for young children.
- youth — the condition of being young.
- cradle — A cradle is a baby's bed with high sides. Cradles often have curved bases so that they rock from side to side.
- babyhood — Your babyhood is the period of your life when you were a baby.
- immaturity — a state or condition of being immature: the immaturity of one's behavior; the immaturity of a country's technology.
- adolescence — Adolescence is the period of your life in which you develop from being a child into being an adult.
- teens — a teenager.
- upbringing — the care and training of young children or a particular type of such care and training: His religious upbringing fitted him to be a missionary.
- infant — a child during the earliest period of its life, especially before he or she can walk; baby.
- juniority — the state or fact of being junior in age, rank, standing, etc.
- pupilage — the state or period of being a pupil; tutelage.
- tender age — youth
adjective childhood
- infantile — characteristic of or befitting an infant; babyish; childish: infantile behavior.
- juvenile — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or suitable or intended for young persons: juvenile books.
- baby — A baby is a very young child, especially one that cannot yet walk or talk.
- youthful — characterized by youth; young.