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

Alongside the shoes will come a range of apparel with Clark’s childhood days of shooting in her driveway, which had to be extended to keep up with her expanding range, as a major theme. — Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 14 Sep. 2026

Most people contract the virus during early childhood in temperate regions, but in tropical regions, initial infection typically occurs later in adolescence and early adulthood. — Andrew Bubak, The Conversation, 14 Sep. 2026

Barisone learned dressage during a middle-class childhood in far-upstate New York, and soon excelled at it. — Ian Parker, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2026

The backstory The Stavrand was Emily Glick’s childhood dream. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Sep. 2026

Phrases Containing childhood

• second childhood