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Definition of Grownup
1. Adjective. (of animals) fully developed. "A grown woman"
Category relationships: Animal, Animate Being, Beast, Brute, Creature, Fauna
Similar to: Mature
Derivative terms: Adult, Adult
2. 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: Adult, Adulthood, Adulthood
Antonyms: Juvenile
Definition of Grownup
1. Adjective. Of, pertaining to, or suitable for adults. ¹
2. Adjective. Adult; fully developed; mature. ¹
3. Noun. An adult. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Grownup
1. a mature person [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Grownup
Literary usage of Grownup
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Red Cross in the Great War by Henry Pomeroy Davison (1919)
"PRIOR to September, 1917, the Red Cross had only grownup people in its membership.
... This, of course, meant that not only the grownup women but the young ..."
2. The Modern Child by Lizzie Allen Harker, Hervey Elwes (1908)
"THE MODERN CHILD LEWIS CARROLL, Born 1833, Died 1898 The grownup and the ...
I like his Higher Nonsense best," The grownup made remark, " The metaphysics ..."
3. Men of Our Times; Or, Leading Patriots of the Day: Being Narratives of the by Harriet Beecher Stowe (1868)
"... came into existence in a great bustling household of older people, all going
their separate ways, and having their own grownup interests to carry. ..."
4. The Golden Age by Kenneth Grahame (1895)
"This very natural deduction moved the grownup man to laughter; but the Princess,
turning red and jumping up, declared that it was time for lunch. ..."
5. Labour and Life of the People by Charles Booth, Beatrice Potter Webb (1891)
"Fairly well off. RC Similar to No. 13. Provision shop. grownup daughter helps.
Respectable well-to-do people. Occupation unknown Always begging. Very dirty. ..."
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