childhood synonyms

childhood

n.

infancy, youth, minority, pupilage, juvenility, juniority, school days, adolescence, nonage, nursery days, babyhood, the cradle, boyhood, girlhood, teens, puberty, immaturity, tender age, early years, growing years, pubescence; see also youth 1.

Antonyms maturity*, adulthood, declining years.

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