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

During the visitation, a slideshow of childhood photos of Wells with his friends and family played on the screen. — Lorena O’Neil, Rolling Stone, 20 July 2026

Born in Nigeria to a neurosurgeon father and pharmacist mother, Adamolekun spent his early childhood on the move, including stops in Zimbabwe as well as the Netherlands before landing in central Illinois at age 9. — Preston Fore, Fortune, 19 July 2026

Turner still visits her childhood home regularly, where her parents, younger sister and another golden retriever named Brody — a distant relative of Sonny from the same Vermont breeder — continue to keep those memories alive. — Tereza Shkurtaj, PEOPLE, 19 July 2026

Bobo got to experience that feeling in February at the expense of his childhood team. — Greg Dudek, Boston Herald, 19 July 2026

Phrases Containing childhood

• second childhood