puerile
3 synonyms and 1 antonym for puerile, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Adj — Behaving in a childish, silly way.
Synonyms
Less common
Still standard English, but they carry more weight.
Rare, literary or technical
Precise, but they will stand out — check the sense before using one.
Antonyms
Etymology
Came from Latin puerīlis (“childish”), from puer (“child, boy”); by surface analysis, puer plus -ile.
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