noun
a fully developed person from maturity onward (Freq. 4)
• Syn: ↑adult
• Hyponyms:
↑brachycephalic, ↑caregiver, ↑catch, ↑match, ↑centrist, ↑middle of the roader, ↑moderate, ↑moderationist, ↑character, ↑eccentric, ↑type, ↑case, ↑conservative, ↑conservativist, ↑dolichocephalic, ↑elder, ↑senior, ↑ex-spouse, ↑host, ↑important person, ↑influential person, ↑personage, ↑Jack of all trades, ↑liberal, ↑liberalist, ↑progressive, ↑man, ↑adult male, ↑militarist, ↑warmonger, ↑oldster, ↑old person, ↑senior citizen, ↑golden ager, ↑pacifist, ↑pacificist, ↑disarmer, ↑patrician, ↑pledgee, ↑pledger, ↑professional, ↑professional person, ↑sobersides, ↑sophisticate, ↑man of the world, ↑stay-at-home, ↑homebody, ↑stoic, ↑unemotional person, ↑thoroughbred, ↑woman, ↑adult female
• Part Meronyms: ↑adult body
adjective
(of animals) fully developed
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an adult animal
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a grown woman
• Syn: ↑adult, ↑big, ↑full-grown, ↑fully grown, ↑grown
• Similar to: ↑mature
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/grohn"up'/, n.
a mature, fully grown person; adult.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.