toy-like

Resembling a plaything

Toy-like describes something resembling a toy in appearance, size, or quality—small, colorful, perhaps not entirely serious or functional: The toy-like controls made the dashboard look cheap.

It can suggest charm (a toy-like village of miniature houses) or dismissiveness (The toy-like gun turned out to be real).

playful

whimsical

Playfully fanciful or erratic

colorful · amusing · delightful · cheerful · lighthearted · fanciful · jaunty · sprightly · merry · jovial

cheap

flimsy

Weak and easily damaged

breakable · lightweight · disposable · mass-produced · garish · kitschy · gimcrack · tinny · junky · chintzy

miniature

small

Limited in size

compact · petite · little · miniaturized · pint-sized · dainty · wee · pocket-sized · dollhouse · bite-sized

childish

immature

Not fully developed

naive · unserious · frivolous · silly · puerile · babyish · simplistic · undeveloped · amateurish · rudimentary

imitation

fake

Not the real thing

imitation · replica · faux · artificial · decorative · prop · novelty · dummy · knockoff · copycat

Opposites
seriousness and functionality

toy-likeindustrial

Of factories and production

professional-grade · serious · functional · utilitarian · workmanlike

scale and substantiality

toy-likefull-sized

At complete dimensions

industrial · heavy-duty · life-sized · substantial · full-scale

construction quality

toy-likerobust

Strong and durable

sturdy · rugged · solid · well-built · durable

Family

toy, like, toys, toyed, toying, toyish, alike, unlike, likely

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G