INFANCY Synonyms: 20 Similar and Opposite Words

infancy

noun

Definition of infancy

as in babyhood

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Recent Examples of infancy Malaysia’s national virtual taekwondo coach Tony Lee, said the sport is still in its infancy. — ABC News, 6 July 2026 Credential unbundling in the trades is still in its infancy for two reasons. — Ryan Craig, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026 However, tequila’s secondary market activity is very much in its infancy. — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 1 July 2026 The Blossom Hill location is Action Day’s 14th campus, joining a child development hub that serves roughly 3,000 students ranging in age from infancy through eighth grade. — Anne Gelhaus, Mercury News, 28 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for infancy

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His arms, still rounded with the softness of babyhood, were raised; his hands behind his head.

— Sahana Jayaraman, AZCentral.com, 26 Mar. 2025

Definition of babyhood

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The event benefits Boys to Men Mentoring, which has been helping teenage boys navigate adolescence through mentoring for nearly 30 years.

— Linda Mcintosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 July 2026
By late adolescence, my relatives’ narrative was on how much agency enslaved Africans in Saint-Domingue had in shaping their future.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 July 2026

Definition of adolescence

Noun

The diagnosis provided a framework that explained years of behavior that family members had struggled to understand and had simply attributed to immaturity.

— Walter Pavlo, Forbes.com, 25 July 2026
However this levity continues to jar with Niki’s immaturity, in that scene and beyond; even so, her juvenile lack of perspective is dramatically compelling.

— Elena Lazic, Variety, 11 July 2026

Definition of immaturity

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