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Another word for adult

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adult

modif.

of age, mature, grown, developed; see mature 1, ripe 2. See syn. study at ripe.

adult Synonyms

adult

n.

mature person, grown-up, fully developed member of a species; see man 2, woman 1.

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Another word for adult

adjective

Having reached full growth and development:

big, developed, full-blown, full-fledged, full-grown, grown, grown-up, mature, ripe. Idiom: of age. See youth

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Who's the adult here?
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.
During this stage the cuticle draws away from the imaginal cuticle which is forming beneath, ultimately becoming separated as a thin transparent pellicle through which the form of the adult can be seen.
Some members of this order spend the winter in the adult state, others in the " larval " or " pupal " condition.

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