adjective. Of, relating to, or suitable for a child or childhood.

adjective. Marked by or indicating a lack of maturity; puerile: synonym: young.

Of or belonging to a child or to childhood: as, “sweet childish days,” Wordsworth, To a Butterfly.

Like or characteristic of a child or what is peculiar to childhood; especially, in disparaging use, trifling, puerile, silly, weak, etc.: as, childish amusements; childish fear.

Synonyms Childlike, Infantile, etc. See childlike.

adjective. Of, pertaining to, befitting, or resembling, a child.

adjective. Puerile; trifling; weak.

adjective. Of or suitable for a child.

adjective. Behaving immaturely.

adjective. indicating a lack of maturity

"Marco Reininger, a veteran and political science major at Columbia, wrote on The Huffington Post that, despite what he called the childish catcalls that greeted Maschek, the institution as a whole is neither as elitist nor as condescending as the media firestorm suggests."

manly  old  womanish  womanly  

babyish  

immature  

childlike  

boyish  childlike  foolish  innocent  passionate  

arrested  asinine  babish  babyish  backward