Man-child (Noun)
Meaning
A child who is male.
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
Examples
- The 10-year-old boy sat in his high chair, throwing a tantrum like a man-child, refusing to eat his vegetables.
- As a man-child, Tommy still enjoyed playing with his action figures and refused to give them up.
- Despite being a grown man, he acted like a man-child, relying on his parents to take care of all his financial needs.
- His parents were worried that their 8-year-old son was acting too much like a man-child, never wanting to play with other kids his age.
- At 40 years old, John was still a man-child, living in his parent's basement and spending most of his days playing video games.