1.
[syn: childish, infantile]
2. of or relating to infants or infancy;
- Example: "infantile paralysis"
3. being or befitting or characteristic of an infant;
- Example: "infantile games"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
infantile
adj 1: indicating a lack of maturity; "childish tantrums";
"infantile behavior" [syn: childish, infantile]
2: of or relating to infants or infancy; "infantile paralysis"
3: being or befitting or characteristic of an infant; "infantile
games"
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
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