childlike C2+ Topic:Crime & Justice Also spelled child-like US /ˈtʃaɪldˌlaɪk/ UK /ˈtʃaɪldˌlaɪk/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 adj having the innocent or trusting qualities of a child He gazed at the fireworks with childlike wonder. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · having the innocent or... innocenttrustingnaiveingenuousartlessguilelessunaffected ↔ Opposites adultmaturesophisticatedworldlyjaded Word family Forms unchildlike Derived forms childlikeness Related forms childchildish Common collocations childlike wonder Adjective + noun childlike charm Adjective + noun Etymology AI details From child + -like. Child is from Old English cild ('child, infant'), of Germanic origin, with -like from Old English gelīc ('similar'). cild Old English gelīc Old English View etymology graph -> Topics Crime & Justice External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # childlike **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /ˈtʃaɪldˌlaɪk/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈtʃaɪldˌlaɪk/ ## Meanings 1. having the innocent or trusting qualities of a child ## Examples - He gazed at the fireworks with childlike wonder. ## Synonyms - innocent - trusting - naive - ingenuous - artless - guileless - unaffected ## Antonyms - adult - mature - sophisticated - worldly - jaded ## Derived Forms - childlikeness ## Related Forms - child - childish ## Roots and Affixes - Root: cild - Root: gelīc - Affix: -like - resembling ## Etymology From child + -like. Child is from Old English cild ('child, infant'), of Germanic origin, with -like from Old English gelīc ('similar'). ## AI Etymology Childlike is from child + -like. Child is from Old English cild ('child, infant'), of Germanic origin, with -like from Old English gelīc ('similar'). Important recorded forms include cild (Old English) and gelīc (Old English). Morphologically, the word is a built form whose named elements carry part of the historical sense. The current sense covers having the innocent or trusting qualities of a child. The wider family includes derived forms such as childlikeness and related words such as child and childish. ## Topics - Crime & Justice markdown