Synonyms and antonyms of Childhood and adolescence in British Thesaurus

adolescence (noun)

the period of your life when you change from being a child to being a young adult

a misspent youth ()

the part of someone’s life when they were young and wasted their time and opportunities

babyish (adjective)

showing disapproval suitable only for a baby or young child, not for an adult or older child

boyhood (noun)

mainly literary the period or state of being a boy

childhood (noun)

the time of your life when you are a child

childhood (noun)

connected with childhood

childish (adjective)

typical of a child or of the things children do

childlike (adjective)

showing approval similar to the way a child looks, behaves, or thinks, and usually pleasant for that reason

development (noun)

the growth of a child as time passes, as it changes and learns to do new things

developmental (adjective)

relating to a child’s growth and ability to learn things

early (adjective)

used about periods in someone’s life

girlhood (noun)

the period of time when a woman is a girl

grow up ()

to change from being a baby or young child to being an older child or adult

grow up ()

used for talking about the things that happened while you were a child

grow up ()

to stop behaving like a child, and become wiser

grow up on ()

used for talking about things that you did a lot, or things that you had a lot of, when you were a child

infancy (noun)

the time when you are a baby or a very young child

juvenile (adjective)

formal relating to young people

kids’ stuff ()

something that is very easy or not suitable for adults

mental age (noun)

a measure of intelligence based on the average intelligence of a child of a particular age

minority (noun)

legal the period of time before someone is legally an adult

pester power (noun)

the ability of children to make their parents buy things for them by continuing to ask them until they agree to do it

pre-teen (adjective)

relating to children between 9 and 12 years old

puberty (noun)

the stage of development when a child changes physically into an adult

school age (noun)

the age when children must go to school

someone’s day ()

the period of time when someone was young

start in life ()

the advantages or disadvantages that you have when you are very young

stripling (noun)

mainly literary a young man who is not yet an adult

upbringing (noun)

the way that parents look after their children and teach them to behave

youth (noun)

the time in someone’s life when they are young