adultlike

Examples

• All

• To complete the reversal, the wise, adultlike Claudine is "admiring and respectful" of the irrational, childlike Claudine.

  Academic text (1997)

• While PVI duration values were not yet adultlike, stress was appropriately realized.

  Academic text (2012)

• Lexical stress on strong-weak words was adultlike by 3 years.

  Academic text (2012)

• Through a maturation process, this constraint dissipates, and the children soon acquire an adultlike grammar.

  Academic text (2013)

• The young boy spoke with an adultlike confidence that surprised everyone around him.

• Even at a young age, he showed adultlike maturity in his decision-making.

Synonyms

M

mature

vsadultlike

199 3.3

Behaving like an adult and thinking sensibly

describes likeness to qualities of fully developed people rather than actual development

A

adult

vsadultlike

110 1.0

Fully grown and mature

describes having typical responsible qualities rather than actual full growth

G

grownup

vsadultlike

1 1.5

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

describes having typical responsible qualities rather than just age or size

Antonyms

C

childlike

36 3.7

Being innocent, trusting, and simple like a child

I

immature

15 3.0

Not fully grown, like a young plant or animal

How Mature

mature

199 3.3

grown-up

125 3.5

adultlike

4.2

youthful

85 3.1

childish

141 2.8

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology