Boyish

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Characteristic of or befitting a boy: boyish charm.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Like a boy.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Resembling a boy in a manners or opinions; belonging to a boy; childish; trifling; puerile.
  • 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
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. befitting or characteristic of a young boy
  • Equivalent
    immature    young   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    childish    trifling    puerile   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    childish    girlish    youthful    frank    feminine    passionate    joyous    eager    playful    wistful