second childhood

Questions about second childhood

What is another word for second childhood?

It depends which second childhood you mean. In the sense “mental infirmity as a consequence of old age; sometimes shown by foolish infatuations”, the synonyms are dotage, senility. Across all 1 sense there are 2 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of second childhood?

WordNet records no antonym for second childhood. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Where do the synonyms for second childhood come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of second childhood

• Full entry for second childhoodAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for second childhoodWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
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