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🧒 Childish and playful 🐐 Like a young goat
kidlike

kidlike

4.8
Moving or behaving like a young goat
  • adjective
  • /ˈkɪdˌlaɪk/
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  • The hikers laughed at the kidlike antics of the young mountain goat.

Examples

  • Her kidlike jumps across the rocks reminded everyone of a playful goat.

  • The animal's kidlike energy made it a favorite at the petting zoo.

  • Her movements were kidlike as she danced around the room.

  • The puppy's energy was kidlike.

  • The animal's kidlike energy made it a favorite at the petting zoo.

  • Her kidlike jumps across the rocks reminded everyone of a playful goat.

  • The hikers admired the kidlike movements of the young mountain goat as it bounded through the meadow.

Synonyms

goatlike
vskidlike
1 3.4

Having a small beard, short horns, and a sure-footed way of moving

focuses on a young animal's playful movement and small youthful appearance
goaty
vskidlike
8.2

Smelling, tasting, or looking like a goat

emphasizes youthful playfulness and smaller livelier movement rather than smell or taste

Antonyms

adultlike
4.2

Having actions and feelings like a grown person

How Goatlike

goatlike
1 3.4
kidlike
4.8

Surface Forms

kidlike positive

Morphology

kidlike = kid (transparent) = kid + like

Formed from 'kid' (young goat) + the productive suffix '-like', so the meaning 'resembling a young goat' is directly inferable.

Etymology

Kidlike comes from kid meaning 'young goat' and the ending -like meaning 'similar to'. So kidlike describes quick, playful jumps or a lively, goat-like look, which is why we use it for animals (or people) that move in a lively, playful way.