childlike wonder
Eyes wide open
Childlike wonder is the capacity for amazement and delight that comes naturally to children but often fades with age.
Adults may retain or recover it: She approached the tide pools with childlike wonder.
The phrase implies openness, curiosity, and a lack of cynicism—seeing the world as if for the first time.
- marvelingFeeling astonished admiration
- innocenceFreedom from wrongdoing
- starry eyesNaively optimistic outlook
- imaginationFaculty for forming ideas
- make believeImaginative fantasy play
playfulness · beginner's mind · discovery · first snow · amazement · seeing stars · wide-eyed · purity · fairy tales · story time · curiosity · first time · magic trick · creativity · gazing · enchantment · whimsy · simplicity
- childlike innocenceinnocence, curiosity, playfulness, imagination, naivety
- innocenceinnocent, innocence, purity, pure, blameless
- Neverending StoryAtreyu, Fantasia, luck dragon, teeny weeny, theme song
emotional orientation to experience
childlike wonderworld-weariness
Jaded disillusionment with life
ennui · jadedness · apathy · boredom · indifference