adult
Part of speech: noun
adj
verb
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From French adulte, from Latin adultus (“grown up”), perfect passive participle of adolescō (“to grow up”). Compare adolescent.
Inflected forms:
form: adults
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: more adult
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most adult
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: adults
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: adulting
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: adulted
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: adulted
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: An animal that is full-grown.
pos: noun
examples: The young not only differs from the adult by the presence of its gills, but its feet are only developed by degrees, and in several genera there are also a deciduous beak and tail, and intestines of a different form
gloss: A person who has reached the legal age of majority.
pos: noun
gloss: Fully grown.
pos: adj
examples: an adult human, animal, or plant
The paws of the adult brown bear, and also their hams, especially when smoked, are considered a great delicacy.
gloss: Intended for or restricted to adults rather than children due to size, maturity, knowledge level, judgement, etc.
pos: adj
examples: adult clothes; adult cereal; an adult documentary
In May 1967 the WGBH Education Division submitted an initial proposal to HUD for a series of four adult television documentaries on conservation in an urban environment.
gloss: Intended for or restricted to adults rather than children due to size, maturity, knowledge level, judgement, etc.
pos: adj
examples: adult situations; adult discussions
gloss: Intended for or restricted to adults rather than children due to size, maturity, knowledge level, judgement, etc.
pos: adj
examples: an adult drink; an adult root beer float
gloss: Intended for or restricted to adults rather than children due to size, maturity, knowledge level, judgement, etc.
pos: adj
tags: usually
examples: an adult cookie; adult gummy worms
gloss: Intended for or restricted to adults rather than children due to size, maturity, knowledge level, judgement, etc.
pos: adj
examples: an adult movie
This program contains adult content. Parental discretion is advised.
gloss: Intended for or restricted to adults rather than children due to size, maturity, knowledge level, judgement, etc.
pos: adj
examples: adult language; an adult cartoon
gloss: Intended for or restricted to adults rather than children due to size, maturity, knowledge level, judgement, etc.
pos: adj
examples: an adult menu; an adult fare
Children go free, but for those 12 and up, you must purchase an adult ticket.
The Storehouse is open daily from 09:30 to 17:00, except for during July and August when it stays open until 19:00. Adult admission is €14, children under 12 pay €5, and children under 6 go free. You get a 10% discount if you book online.
At the far end of the table and almost immediately opposite her father sat Colophon. Next to her sat her cousin Jules, who had turned twelve the preceding year and was therefore enjoying his second year at the adult table.
A few days later, we had finished a day of sunbathing and oscillating between the kiddie pool and the adult pool, always settling for the latter after one too many baby Hamoudies had taken a shit in the pool.
gloss: To behave like an adult.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
slang
examples: Adulting is hard!
gloss: To (cause to) be or become an adult.
pos: verb
tags: nonstandard
rare
examples: Womanhood was achieved at twenty-one, when the female was "adulted"; manhood was fully achieved at twenty-five, […]
The process of adulting children[…] overlaps with the process of the uncontrolled infiltration of the media[…] into children’s imagination.
Synonyms: adult
grown-up
grownup
growed-up
postpubescent
fully grown
grown up
for adults
X-rated
XXX
XXXX
blue
indecent
obscene
salacious
Antonyms: child
youngling
Related words: adultlike
mature
adolescent
adulthood
Derived words: adult actress
adult album alternative
adult alternative
adult baby
adult baby syndrome
adult beverage
adult bookstore
adultcentrism
adult child
adult contemporary
adult content
adult education
adultescent
adult film
adulticide
adultification
adultify
adultish
adultism
adultivity
adultization
adultize
adult language
adult learner
adultlike
adultly
adult movie
adultness
adultocentric
adultoid
adult-onset diabetes
adultophile
adult-oriented rock
adult protection
adult relations
adult respiratory distress syndrome
adultship
adult shop
adultspeak
adult star
adult survivor
adult third culture kid
adultwear
adulty
appropriate adult
consenting adult
Disney adult
emerging adult
hot adult contemporary
hyperadult
kidult
new adult
nonadult
older adult
preadult
pseudoadult
subadult
unadult
young adult
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