puppylike

1. 1.

   characteristic of a puppy

   Synonymspuppyish

   Similaryoung

Questions about puppylike

What does puppylike mean?

puppylike means "characteristic of a puppy".

How many syllables are in puppylike?

puppylike has 3 syllables: pup-py-like. The stress falls on "pup".

What is another word for puppylike?

Close synonyms include puppyish. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is puppylike a common word?

puppylike is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.