adult
adjective /ˈæd.ʌlt/ /əˈdʌlt/Definition
A2 grown to full size and strength: an adult male/elephant She spent most of her adult life in prison.Physically and mentally mature and immature › typical of or suitable for adults: Let's try to be adult about this.Physically and mentally mature and immature › Adult films, magazines, and books show naked people and sexual acts and are not for children.Sexual devices and the sex industry
(Definition of adult adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- ageing adjective
- an old/a wise head on young shoulders idiom
- babyish adjective
- childish adjective
- full-grown adjective
- immature adjective
- infantile adjective
- juvenile adjective
- make a man (out) of sb idiom
- maturation noun (GROWTH)
- mature adjective (LIKE AN ADULT)
- mature adjective (PHYSICALLY GROWN)
- maturity noun (FULL GROWTH)
- maturity noun (MENTAL DEVELOPMENT)
- overgrown adjective (TOO LARGE)
- petulant adjective
- precocious adjective
- precociously adverb
- puerile adjective
- retarded adjective
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