Adult Synonyms and Antonyms

ə-dŭlt, ădŭlt
Having reached full growth and development
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. big
  2. full-grown
  3. grown
  4. developed
  5. full-blown
  6. full-fledged
  7. grown-up
  8. mature
  9. ripe
  10. fully grown
  11. grownup
Antonyms:
  1. infant
  2. adolescent
Improved by time and experience
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. of-age
An adult male
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. mature person
  2. fully developed member of a species
A mature, fully-grown person
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. developed
  2. elder
  3. grownup
  4. grown
  5. mature
  6. nubile
  7. ripe
  8. seasoned
  9. tempered
Antonyms:
  1. infant
  2. adolescent
  3. juvenile
Designed to arouse lust
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. pornographic

Words Related to Adult

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Adult Sentence Examples

  • Who's the adult here?

  • He's an adult, or nearly so.

  • Two of the cats, young and small enough to be kittens or perfectly sized adult tarantulas, detangled and darted from her pillow to the table.

  • Irregular adult workmen earn between lod.

  • The response made by the adult parts of plants, to which reference has been made, is brought about by a mechanism similar in nature though rather differently applied.

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