Search Result for "adult": pronunciation
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. a fully developed person from maturity onward;
[syn: adult, grownup]

2. any mature animal;


ADJECTIVE (2)

1. (of animals) fully developed;
- Example: "an adult animal"
- Example: "a grown woman"
[syn: adult, big, full-grown, fully grown, grown, grownup]

2. designed to arouse lust;
- Example: "pornographic films and magazines"
- Example: "adult movies"
[syn: pornographic, adult]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Adult \A*dult"\, a. [L. adultus, p. p. of adolescere, akin to
   alere to nourish: cf. F. adulte. See Adolescent, Old.]
   Having arrived at maturity, or to full size and strength;
   matured; as, an adult person or plant; an adult ape; an adult
   age.
   [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Adult \A*dult"\, n.
   A person, animal, or plant grown to full size and strength;
   one who has reached maturity.
   [1913 Webster]

   Note: In the common law, the term is applied to a person who
         has attained full age or legal majority; in the civil
         law, to males after the age of fourteen, and to females
         after twelve.
         [1913 Webster]


Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

19 Moby Thesaurus words for "adult":
   aged, big, full-blown, full-fledged, full-grown, grown, grown up,
   grown-up, marriable, marriageable, mature, matured, maturescent,
   nubile, of age, of marriageable age, old, ripe, ripened