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Definition of Adult
1. Noun. A fully developed person from maturity onward.
Generic synonyms: Individual, Mortal, Person, Somebody, Someone, Soul
Terms within: Adult Body
Specialized synonyms: Brachycephalic, Caregiver, Catch, Match, Centrist, Middle Of The Roader, Moderate, Moderationist, Case, Character, Eccentric, Type, Conservative, Conservativist, Dolichocephalic, Elder, Senior, Ex-spouse, Host, Important Person, Influential Person, Personage, Jack Of All Trades, Liberal, Liberalist, Progressive, Liberal, Adult Male, Man, Militarist, Warmonger, Golden Ager, Old Person, Oldster, Senior Citizen, Disarmer, Pacificist, Pacifist, Patrician, Pledgee, Pledger, Professional, Professional Person, Sobersides, Man Of The World, Sophisticate, Homebody, Stay-at-home, Stoic, Unemotional Person, Thoroughbred, Adult Female, Woman
Derivative terms: Adulthood, Adulthood, Grownup
Antonyms: Juvenile
2. Adjective. (of animals) fully developed. "A grown woman"
Category relationships: Animal, Animate Being, Beast, Brute, Creature, Fauna
Similar to: Mature
Derivative terms: Grownup
3. Noun. Any mature animal.
Derivative terms: Adulthood, Adulthood
4. Adjective. Designed to arouse lust. "Adult movies"
Definition of Adult
1. a. Having arrived at maturity, or to full size and strength; matured; as, an adult person or plant; an adult ape; an adult age.
2. n. A person, animal, or plant grown to full size and strength; one who has reached maturity.
Definition of Adult
1. Noun. A fully grown human or animal. ¹
2. Noun. A person who lives outside the parental home. ¹
3. Noun. (proscribed) A person whose parents are deceased. ¹
4. Adjective. Of a human or animal, fully grown. ¹
5. Adjective. Intended for adults rather than children. ¹
6. Adjective. Containing material of an explicit sexual nature ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Adult
1. a fully developed individual [n -S]
Medical Definition of Adult
1. A living organism which has attained full growth or maturity. Origin: L. Adultus = grown up (18 Nov 1997)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Adult
Literary usage of Adult
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"The chief axis of the gastrula coincides with that of the adult, the apical pole
of the gastrula being indicated by the head cf the arrow. ..."
2. The Descent of Man: And Selection in Relation to Sex by Charles ( Darwin (1890)
"I. When the adult male is more beautiful or conspicuous than the adult female,
the young of both sexes in their first plumage closely resemble the adult ..."
3. Preventing Tobacco Use Among Young People: A Report of the Surgeon General by M. Joycelyn Elders (1997)
"adult Discrepancy Shean (1991) developed the concept of adult discrepancy—the
discrepancy between the "adult" behaviors in which an adolescent wants to ..."
4. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1907)
"This was a male but whether adult or junior is uncertain as it was not secured.
... Last seen August 17 — an adult male. Six noted August 12, appeared to be ..."
5. Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics by The American College of Surgeons, Franklin H. Martin Memorial Foundation (1919)
"adult duodenum. Showing a dropping of the angle at the second and third portions
... adult duodenum. The first point of constriction is the pyloric ring. ..."
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