Adult

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. One who has attained maturity or legal age.
  • n. Biology A fully grown, mature organism.
  • adj. Fully developed and mature.
  • adj. Relating to, intended for, or befitting adults: adult education.
  • adj. Containing or dealing in explicitly sexual material; pornographic: adult movies; adult bookstores.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A fully grown human or animal.
  • n. A person who lives outside the parental home.
  • adj. Of a human or animal, fully grown.
  • adj. Intended for adults rather than children.
  • adj. Containing material of an explicit sexual nature
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Having arrived at maturity, or to full size and strength; matured
  • n. A person, animal, or plant grown to full size and strength; one who has reached maturity.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Having arrived at mature years, or attained full size and strength: as, an adult person, animal, or plant.
  • Pertaining or relating to adults; suitable for an adult: as, adult age; an adult school.
  • n. A person or (sometimes) an animal grown to full size and strength; one who has reached the age of manhood or womanhood.
  • n. Specifically: In civil law, a male infant who has attained the age of fourteen, or a female infant who has attained the age of twelve.
  • n. In common law, one of the full age of twenty-one.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a fully developed person from maturity onward
  • n. any mature animal
  • adj. designed to arouse lust
  • adj. (of animals) fully developed
  • Equivalent
    sexy    mature   
    Antonym
    infant   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    beast    brute    fauna    creature    animate being    animal   
    Form
    adultness   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    matured    major    Nestor    grow   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    bult    consult    cult    exult    insult    occult    result   
    Unknown
    Erotica   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    male    only    individual    animal    patient    sex    parent    student    dozen