Definitions

puerility

[pyoo-uh-ril-i-tee, pyoo-ril-] / ˌpju əˈrɪl ɪ ti, pjʊˈrɪl- /

NOUN

frivolity

Synonyms

STRONGEST

levity

STRONG

flightiness flippancy flirting flummery folly frippery frivolousness fun gaiety game giddiness jest lightheartedness lightness nonsense play shallowness sport superficiality toying trifling triviality volatility whimsicality whimsy

WEAK

coquetting dallying fribble

Antonyms

STRONG

sadness seriousness understanding work

WEAK

sensibility wiseness

NOUN

immaturity

Synonyms

STRONGEST

ignorance

STRONG

callowness childishness greenness imperfection incompleteness infantilism rawness

WEAK

babyishness childish behavior

NOUN

inexperience

Synonyms

STRONGEST

ignorance imperfection

STRONG

callowness childishness greenness incompleteness infantilism rawness

WEAK

babyishness childish behavior inexpertness

NOUN

silliness

Synonyms

STRONGEST

absurdity craziness foolishness goofiness stupidity

STRONG

inanity ineptitude senselessness

WEAK

inaneness

Antonyms

STRONGEST

sense

WEAK

sensibleness

NOUN

stupidity

Synonyms

STRONGEST

absurdity apathy idiocy ignorance lunacy nonsense silliness

STRONG

asininity fatuity fatuousness imbecility imprudence incapacity ineptitude injudiciousness insensibility obtuseness shallowness simplicity slowness sluggishness stolidity stupefaction stupor weakness

WEAK

battiness brainlessness doltishness feeble-mindedness nitwittedness stupidness thick-headedness weak-mindedness

Antonyms

STRONGEST

intelligence sense

WEAK

acumen canniness judgment shrewdness wisdom

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They are under an egregious Mistake, who think there is nothing to be found in them, but Things that savour of Puerility, written indeed ingeniously, and in elegant Latin.

From Colloquies of Erasmus, Volume I. by Erasmus, Desiderius

puerility

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