boyishness
Playful male immaturity
Boyishness is the quality of resembling or behaving like a boy—youthful energy, playfulness, or a certain carefree manner.
Applied to men, it suggests they've retained something of childhood: His boyishness made him charming even at fifty.
Applied to women, it describes a tomboyish quality or lack of feminine curves: the boyishness of her figure.
Playfully mischievous in manner
- roguishMischievously charming
- prankishFond of tricks
- rascallyMischievously dishonest
- puckishWhimsically inclined to tease
naughty · cheeky · devilish · waggish · teasing · troublemaking · sly · misbehaving
Person in puberty
- juvenileYoung person or animal
- teenageOf youth, 13-19
- youngNot yet mature
- fresh-facedYouthfully wholesome in appearance
coltish · gangly · unlined · beardless · pubescent · vigor · spryness · bloom
Inclined to merriment
- lightheartedCheerful and without worry
- spiritedFull of vim
- fun-lovingInclined toward amusement
- rompingPlaying with energetic movement
rollicking · gleeful · exuberant · energetic · carefree · jaunty · sportive · zestful
Immature in manner
- naiveInnocently unsuspecting
- callowYouthfully naive and untested
- puerileChildishly foolish
- greenColor of vegetation
unsophisticated · inexperienced · fledgling · unformed · undeveloped · unseasoned · untried · raw
impish
Playfully mischievous in manner
puckish · naughty · cheeky · devilish · waggish · teasing · troublemaking · sly · misbehaving · shenanigans
adolescent
Person in puberty
fresh-faced · coltish · gangly · unlined · beardless · pubescent · vigor · spryness · bloom · freshness
frolicsome
Inclined to merriment
- lightheartedCheerful and without worry
- spiritedFull of vim
- fun-lovingInclined toward amusement
romping · rollicking · gleeful · exuberant · energetic · carefree · jaunty · sportive · zestful · gamboling
childish
Immature in manner
green · unsophisticated · inexperienced · fledgling · unformed · undeveloped · unseasoned · untried · raw · gullible
boyishnessfemininity
Female nature or character
girlishness · womanliness · womanhood · ladylikeness · feminineness
boyishnessmanliness
Masculine character traits
maturity · adulthood · manhood · gravitas · masculinity
boyishnesssophistication
Cultured elegance and complexity
refinement · polish · worldly wisdom · gravitas · dignity
boy, cowboy, boys, boyish, schoolboy, boyhood, cowboys, tomboy, boyishly