Definition of adult Adult
/ʌdʌˈlt/ - [udult] - a•dult
We found 16 definitions of adult from 7 different sources.
What does adult mean?
WordNet
NounPlural: adults |
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| adult - a fully developed person from maturity onward | ||
| grownup | ||
| juvenile, juvenile person a young person, not fully developed | ||
| mortal, somebody, someone, individual, person, soul a single organism | ||
| adult body the body of an adult human being | ||
| brachycephalic an adult with a short broad head | ||
| caregiver a person who is responsible for attending to the needs of a child or dependent adult | ||
| match, catch lighter consisting of a thin piece of wood or cardboard tipped with combustible chemical; ignites with friction; "he always carries matches to light his pipe"; "as long you've a lucifer to light your fag" | ||
| centrist, middle of the roader, moderate, moderationist a person who takes a position in the political center | ||
| eccentric, type, character, case a person with an unusual or odd personality | ||
| conservativist, conservative a person who is reluctant to accept changes and new ideas | ||
| dolichocephalic an adult with a long narrow head | ||
| senior, elder an undergraduate student during the year preceding graduation | ||
| ex-spouse a person who was formerly a spouse | ||
| host an animal or plant that nourishes and supports a parasite; it does not benefit and is often harmed by the association | ||
| important person, influential person, personage a person whose actions and opinions strongly influence the course of events | ||
| jack of all trades a person able to do a variety of different jobs acceptably well | ||
| liberalist, liberal, progressive a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties | ||
| liberal a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties | ||
| adult male, man game equipment consisting of an object used in playing certain board games; "he taught me to set up the men on the chess board"; "he sacrificed a piece to get a strategic advantage" | ||
| militarist, warmonger a person who advocates war or warlike policies | ||
| golden ager, old person, oldster, senior citizen an elderly person | ||
| disarmer, pacificist, pacifist someone opposed to violence as a means of settling disputes | ||
| patrician a person of refined upbringing and manners | ||
| pledgee someone to whom a pledge is made or someone with whom something is deposited as a pledge | ||
| pledger someone who makes or gives a pledge | ||
| professional person, professional a person engaged in one of the learned professions | ||
| sobersides a serious and sedate individual | ||
| man of the world, sophisticate a worldly-wise person | ||
| homebody, stay-at-home a person who seldom goes anywhere; one not given to wandering or travel | ||
| unemotional person, stoic a member of the ancient Greek school of philosophy founded by Zeno; "a Stoic achieves happiness by submission to destiny" | ||
| thoroughbred a pedigreed animal of unmixed lineage; used especially of horses | ||
| adult - any mature animal | ||
| animal, animate being, beast, brute, fauna, creature a living organism characterized by voluntary movement | ||
Adjectiveadult, adulter, adultest |
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| adult - (of animals) fully developed; "an adult animal"; "a grown woman" | ||
| big, full-grown, fully grown, grown, grownup | ||
| mature fully considered and perfected; "mature plans" | ||
| animal, animate being, beast, brute, fauna, creature a living organism characterized by voluntary movement | ||
| adult - designed to arouse lust; "pornographic films and magazines"; "adult movies" | ||
| pornographic | ||
| sexy marked by or tending to arouse sexual desire or interest; "feeling sexy"; "sexy clothes"; "sexy poses"; "a sexy book"; "sexy jokes" | ||
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Wiktionary 
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- adult (a.)
Having arrived at maturity, or to full size and strength; matured; as, an adult person or plant; an adult ape; an adult age. - adult (n.)
A person, animal, or plant grown to full size and strength; one who has reached maturity.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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adult
A person who is fully grown, developed or of a specified age. -
adult
(of animals) fully developed.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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adult
ad-ult′, adj. grown: mature.—n. a grown-up person.—n. Adult′ness. [L. adultus—adolescĕre, to grow. See Adolescent.]
Wikipedia 
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An adult is someone grown up completely, or mature. It is the phase after being a teenager.
In many countries (such as the United States) someone is considered an adult when he or she is older than 18 years.
But there are exceptions, like Japan and South Korea, which do not consirder a person to be an adult until he or she is 19 or 20 years old.
There are also some cultures that say a person is an adult from an age of 12 years on.
Part of speech
🔤- adult, noun, singular of adults.
- adult, adjective.
