BABYISH Synonyms: 32 Similar and Opposite Words

babyish

adjective

as in childish

having or showing the annoying qualities (as silliness) associated with children the boy now thinks that playing with blocks is a rather babyish activity

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Recent Examples of babyish Suzanne O’Donnell, an accomplished regional theater actor with a lot of Shakespeare on her resume, plays Penrose as both a warm mothering figure to these two occasionally babyish men but does not downplay the character’s pragmatic side. —

Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 21 Apr. 2026 Paige is little more than a dumb blonde stereotype, another underwritten female character in Sheridan’s growing oeuvre, but Chapman laces her babyish whining with surprising bite, while showing a knack for physical comedy. —

Ben Travers, IndieWire, 13 Mar. 2026 Teddy’s babyish voice pipes up from the back seat. —

Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 29 Jan. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for babyish

Adjective

Gombrowicz never really ‘assimilated’ to life in Argentina, partly due to the unique and unprecedented circumstances that brought him there in the first place, but also because of his naturally irreverent and at times even childish attitude towards literary establishment.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 May 2026
The literature on adolescence marks middle school as a turning point, a time when kids begin to pull away from their parents, discard childish pursuits, and pursue, full thrust, the exhausting project of individuation.

— Anna Wiener, New Yorker, 4 May 2026