Synonyms of childhood

childhood

noun

ˈchī(-ə)ld-ˌhu̇d 

as in youth

the state or time of being a child

enjoy your childhood—it won't last forever

Synonyms & Similar Words

• youth
• adolescence
• infancy
• boyhood
• springtime
• nonage
• girlhood
• toddlerhood
• minority
• babyhood
• immaturity
• juvenility
• juvenescence

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• adulthood
• majority
• winter
• midlife
• middle age
• sunset
• senectitude

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of childhood

Rhaenyra has returned home to the Red Keep and King’s Landing and she’s faced with memories of her father and her childhood while dealing with all the problems — the rats, the lack of funds — left by the Hightower regime. — Jennifer Maas, Variety, 6 July 2026

Medical experts point out that the childhood vaccines at issue — hepatitis A, influenza and DTaP — are safe and effective for kids and recommended by various medical groups. — ABC News, 6 July 2026

That’s true of the Prince of Wales and the Duke of Sussex not just as adults, but going all the way back to their childhood, according to their mother Princess Diana’s former butler Paul Burrell. — Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 6 July 2026

As Hollis’s Type A college bestie and sardonic childhood soul mate, respectively, Regina Hall and Chloë Sevigny make prickly women lovable. — Judy Berman, Time, 6 July 2026

Phrases Containing childhood

• second childhood