Boyish

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  • adjective. Characteristic of or befitting a boy.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Belonging to a boy; pertaining to boyhood; in a disparaging sense, childish, trifling, puerile: as, “a boyish odd conceit,”
  • Synonyms
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Resembling a boy in a manners or opinions; belonging to a boy; childish; trifling; puerile.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Like a boy.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. befitting or characteristic of a young boy
  • Word Usage
    "_not_ chew gum, but she whistled, and the teachers who reproved her most for what they called a boyish trick, always listened intently, when the clear, musical notes, now soft and low, now loud and shrill, were heard outside, or in the building."
    Equivalent
    immature  young  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    childish  eager  feminine  frank  girlish  
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    Words with the same meaning