Synonyms and Antonyms of puerile
1
having or showing the annoying qualities (as silliness) associated with children
- told the teenagers that such puerile behavior would not be tolerated during the ceremony
2
lacking in adult experience or maturity
- allowed the company to be taken over by a bunch of puerile whippersnappers fresh out of business school
adolescent, callow, green, immature, inexperienced, juvenile, raw, unfledged, unformed, unripe, unripened
babyish, childish, infantile, infantilized, infantine
boyish, girlish, juvenescent, kiddish, young, youngish, youthful
maidenly, virginal
ingenuous, innocent, naive (or naïve), tender
unknowing, unseasoned, unsophisticated, untrained, untried
3
lacking in seriousness or maturity
- the kind of puerile jokes that teenage moviegoers apparently love
birdbrained, ditzy (or ditsy), dizzy, featherbrained, flighty, frivolous, frothy, futile, giddy, goofy, harebrained, light-headed, light-minded, scatterbrained, silly, yeasty
fatuous, foolish, inane, nonsensical, thoughtless, witless
crazy, daffy, daft, fruity
exuberant, flippant, fluttery, giggly, happy, light, lighthearted, playful
sappy, shallow, superficial
