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puerility

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Synonyms & Antonyms of puerility

as in goofiness, childishness

Synonyms & Near Synonyms for puerility

childishness,
goofiness

cheer,
cheerfulness,
festivity,
gaiety
(also gayety),
glee,
gleefulness,
high-spiritedness,
hilarity,
joviality,
lightheartedness,
merriment,
mirth,
mirthfulness

facetiousness,
flightiness,
flippancy,
frivolity,
frivolousness,
frothiness,
levity,
light-headedness,
light-mindedness,
lightness,
silliness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms for puerility

earnestness,
gravity,
seriousness,
soberness,
solemnity,
solemnness

dejection,
depression,
despondency,
dispiritedness,
downheartedness,
gloom,
gloominess,
heartsickness,
joylessness,
melancholy,
mopes,
moroseness,
sadness,
sullenness,
unhappiness

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“Puerility.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/puerility. Accessed 15 Apr. 2021.

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