English noun: childhood | |||
1. | childhood (time) the time of person's life when they are a child | ||
Broader (hypernym) | time of life | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | boyhood, girlhood, maidenhood, maidhood | ||
Part holonym | anal phase, anal stage, latency period, latency phase, latency stage, phallic phase, phallic stage, prepuberty | ||
2. | childhood (state) the state of a child between infancy and adolescence | ||
Synonyms | puerility | ||
Broader (hypernym) | immatureness, immaturity | ||