adult

Academic Word List, sublist 7.

About 43.26 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun An animal that is full-grown.
2. noun A person who has reached the legal age of majority.
3. adjective Fully grown.

   an adult human, animal, or plant

4. adjective Intended for or restricted to adults rather than children due to size, maturity, knowledge level, judgement, etc.

   adult clothes; adult cereal; an adult documentary

5. adjective Containing situations or discussions intended primarily for adults, such as serious crime, illicit drug use, extramarital affairs, etc.

   adult situations; adult discussions

6. adjective Containing alcohol, intended for consumption only by adults.

   an adult drink; an adult root beer float

7. adjective Containing marijuana, intended for consumption only by adults.

   an adult cookie; adult gummy worms

8. adjective Containing material of an explicit sexual nature; pornographic.

   an adult movie

Similar words

grownup full-grown mature big grown fully grown grown-up maturity elderly senior

Often followed by

education life male and males population children female is

Word family

adulted adulthood adulthoods adulting adultlike adultly adultness adultnesses adults