childhood
noun
[ ˈtʃʌɪldhʊd ]
• the state or period of being a child.
• "he spent his childhood in Lewes"
Similar:
youth,
early years,
early days,
early life,
infancy,
babyhood,
boyhood,
girlhood,
pre-teens,
preadolescence,
prepubescence,
adolescence,
teens,
teenage years,
young adulthood,
immaturity,
the springtime of life,
one's salad days,
minority,
nonage,
juvenility,
juniority,
juvenescence,
Origin:
Old English cildhād (see child, -hood).
