Synonyms for puerile
- adjective
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Childish — childish; trifling; silly
childish, infantile, juvenile, silly, immature, foolish, frivolous, trivial, trifling, futile, inconsequential, babyish, shallow, boyish, insignificant, idle, milky, babish, kiddish informal, infantine, dootsie UK, child-like
2. Adolescent
Definitions
- adj. 1
Childish; trifling; silly.
- adj. 2
Characteristic of, or pertaining to, a boy or boys; compare puellile.
Choose the right word
Puerile is always used in a bad sense, or at least in the sense of what is suitable to a boy only; as, puerile objections, puerile amusements, etc.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Example sentences
- silly Tom gets confused and says silly things sometimes.
- juvenile Recently juvenile delinquency has been on the rise.
- childish Don't be saying that childish shit at the age of 30.
- infantile "Left-Wing" communism is an infantile disorder.
By length
- 4 letters
- idle2
- 5 letters
- silly2, milky2
- 6 letters
- futile2, boyish2, babish2, jejune2
- 7 letters
- shallow2, foolish2, trivial3, babyish3, kiddish, dootsie
- 8 letters
- juvenile3, childish2, immature3, youthful2, trifling2
- 9 letters
- frivolous3, infantile3, infantine
- 10 letters
- adolescent4
- 13 letters
- insignificant5
- 15 letters
- inconsequential5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (idle2 = 2 syllables).