US /ˈɪnfəntaɪl/ UK /ˈɪnfəntaɪl/
adj

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    of or like an infant; childishly immature

    His infantile tantrum embarrassed everyone at the meeting.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 adj · of or like an infant;... childishimmaturebabyishpuerilejuvenilecallow
Opposites
Word family
Derived forms infantilisminfantilityinfantilize
Related forms infantinfancyinfantine

Etymology

From Latin infantilis ('pertaining to an infant'), from infans ('infant'), from in- ('not') + fans, present participle of fari ('to speak'); literally 'not speaking'.

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