puerile English

Meaning puerile meaning

What does puerile mean?

puerile

— adjective of or characteristic of a child puerile breathing

— adjective (= adolescent, jejune, juvenile) displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity adolescent insecurity jejune responses to our problems their behavior was juvenile puerile jokes

Synonyms puerile synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as puerile?

puerile English » English

childish

juvenile

infantile

jejune

boyish

silly

immature

childlike

babyish

adolescent

youthful

trivial

naive

naif

mischievous

kiddy

infantine

frivolous

filial

childishly

babish

babelike

Topics puerile topics

What do people use puerile to talk about?

Social behavior Behavior Good, moral Mature in behavior

Immature in behavior

• What words describe someone who is immature?
  immature babyish boyish callow childlike childish girlish inexperienced infantile irresponsible naive puerile rookie sophomoric spoiled
• What words describe something someone does that is immature?
  immature childish infantile juvenile puerile silly