puerile
Meaning of puerile
- childishly silly and immature.
a puerile argument
late 16th century (in the sense ‘like a boy’): from French puéril or Latin puerilis, from puer ‘boy’.
Information about puerile
- It is an adjective.
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Hyphenation of puerile
puerile
- It consists of 1 syllables and 7 chars.
- puerile is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
puerile synonyms
Meaning offspring:
Meaning adolescent:
Meaning silly and immature:
Meaning having or showing an emotional or intellectual development appropriate to someone younger:
Meaning childish:
Meaning typical of or suitable for a baby; childish:
Meaning having or showing a lack of common sense or judgement; absurd and foolish:
Meaning lacking sense or meaning; silly:
Meaning silly and pointless:
Meaning extremely stupid or foolish:
Meaning lacking good sense or judgement; unwise:
Meaning of little importance; trivial:
puerile antonyms
Meaning fully developed physically; full-grown:
Meaning done or chosen in accordance with wisdom or prudence; likely to be of benefit:
Words that rhyme with puerile
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