- 1
Innocent and trustful; credulous; artless.
- According to the prevailing Danish rationale, Greenlanders were naïve and childlike, in need of protection and incapable of governing themselves.
- 2
Of, like, or suitable for a child.
- Even Mario is given childlike mannerisms – running open-armed like a fearless toddler, whooping with delight – to convey playful innocence.
syn. bairnlike · childlike · childly · infantile · juvenile · juvey · kiddish
ant. adultlike · grown up · unchildlike · nonchildlike