adult

Examples

• All

• For the first time in my adult life I was almost content.

  Trainspotting (1996)

• You end up spending your entire adult life, recycling through this criminal justice system.

  The Definition of Insanity (2020)

• And that has stuck with me my whole adult life.

  Tati

• In this sense, there is no firm adult state.

• Instead of being an adult partner to another adult.

• Again, it's the adult thing to do.

  The Comeback Trail (2020)

• What about our rational, adult decision?

  Before Sunrise (1995)

• This is our biggest, most adult purchase we've ever made together.

  Kara and Nate

• As a direct result of this conversation Chrissy will spend a significant part of her adult life obsessed with gardening.

  Now and Then (1995)

• Anthony Flew spent most of his adult life as a prominent atheist.

  Academic text (2011)

Synonyms

M

mature

vsadult

64 3.4

Fully developed and ready to eat or use

focuses specifically on full growth or maturity of living beings

F

full-grown

vsadult

15 2.2

An animal, plant, or person that has reached full adult size

is broader, meaning mature or fully developed without size focus

F

fully grown

vsadult

11 1.8

An animal, person, or plant at full adult size

is the simple term for being fully developed, not the phrasing

G

grownup

vsadult

1 1.5

An animal or person that is an adult, not a young one

is the neutral general word for full development in beings

G

grown

vsadult

1 1.0

An animal or person that has reached full size and is an adult

refers to full biological or age development rather than growth process

Antonyms

I

immature

15 3.0

Not fully grown, like a young plant or animal

Compounds

O

older adult

11 1.7

A person in the later years of life

A

adult education

6 3.0

Classes for adults who left school to learn new skills often in the evenings

A

adult movie

• NSFW

3 5.5

A film for adults that shows sexual scenes or explicit content

A

adult tooth

1 2.3

A tooth that replaces a baby tooth and stays in the mouth

A

adult-onset diabetes

• Archaic

1 3.2

A long-term condition in adults where the body cannot use blood sugar and is often treated with diet or pills

A

adult body

1 2.4

A fully grown human body after childhood

A

adult star

• NSFW

1 6.7

A person who acts in films that show sex scenes

A

adult toy

• Offensive

1 6.6

A device adults use for sexual pleasure, like a vibrator

A

adult respiratory distress syndrome

• Archaic

1 7.4

A serious illness in which the lungs are damaged and fill with fluid so oxygen cannot reach the blood

A

adult intelligence

• Specialized

5.0

Average thinking ability of adults in a country or region

A

adult movie industry

• NSFW

4.2

A business that makes and sells movies with sexual content

A

adult-onset diabetes mellitus

• Archaic

4.5

A long-term condition in adults that makes the body unable to use sugar well and usually needs diet and pills

How Mature

adult

110 1.0

adolescent

50 3.4

immature

108 3.5

Surface Forms

Etymology