adult

a·dult  (-dlt, dlt)

n.

1. One who has attained maturity or legal age.

2. Biology A fully grown, mature organism.

adj.

1. Fully developed and mature.

2. Relating to, intended for, or befitting adults: adult education.

3. Containing or dealing in explicitly sexual material; pornographic: adult movies; adult bookstores.

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[From Latin adultus, past participle of adolscere, to grow up; see adolescent.]

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a·dulthood n.

a·dultness n.

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adult

Noun

a mature fully grown person, animal, or plant

Adjective

1. having reached maturity; fully developed

2. suitable for or typical of adult people: she had very adult features

3. sexually explicit: adult films [Latin adultus grown up]

adulthood n

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	adult - a fully developed person from maturity onward grownup individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being; "there was too much for one person to do" adult body - the body of an adult human being brachycephalic - an adult with a short broad head caregiver - a person who is responsible for attending to the needs of a child or dependent adult catch, match - a person regarded as a good matrimonial prospect centrist, middle of the roader, moderate, moderationist - a person who takes a position in the political center eccentric, type, character, case - a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities); "a real character"; "a strange character"; "a friendly eccentric"; "the capable type"; "a mental case" conservative, conservativist - a person who is reluctant to accept changes and new ideas dolichocephalic - an adult with a long narrow head elder, senior - a person who is older than you are ex-spouse - a person who was formerly a spouse host - a person who invites guests to a social event (such as a party in his or her own home) and who is responsible for them while they are there important person, influential person, personage - a person whose actions and opinions strongly influence the course of events Jack of all trades - a person able to do a variety of different jobs acceptably well liberal, liberalist, progressive - a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties liberal - a person who favors an economic theory of laissez-faire and self-regulating markets adult male, man - an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman); "there were two women and six men on the bus" militarist, warmonger - a person who advocates war or warlike policies golden ager, old person, oldster, senior citizen - an elderly person disarmer, pacificist, pacifist - someone opposed to violence as a means of settling disputes patrician - a person of refined upbringing and manners pledgee - someone to whom a pledge is made or someone with whom something is deposited as a pledge pledger - someone who makes or gives a pledge professional, professional person - a person engaged in one of the learned professions sobersides - a serious and sedate individual man of the world, sophisticate - a worldly-wise person homebody, stay-at-home - a person who seldom goes anywhere; one not given to wandering or travel unemotional person, stoic - someone who is seemingly indifferent to emotions thoroughbred - a well-bred person adult female, woman - an adult female person (as opposed to a man); "the woman kept house while the man hunted" juvenile, juvenile person - a young person, not fully developed
	2.	adult - any mature animal animal, animate being, beast, creature, fauna, brute - a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
Adj.	1.	adult - (of animals) fully developed; "an adult animal"; "a grown woman" full-grown, fully grown, grown, grownup, big animal, animate being, beast, creature, fauna, brute - a living organism characterized by voluntary movement mature - having reached full natural growth or development; "a mature cell"
	2.	adult - designed to arouse lust; "pornographic films and magazines"; "adult movies" pornographic sexy - marked by or tending to arouse sexual desire or interest; "feeling sexy"; "sexy clothes"; "sexy poses"; "a sexy book"; "sexy jokes"

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adult

noun 1. grown-up, mature person, person of mature age, grown or grown-up person, man or woman

adjective 2. fully grown, mature, grown-up, of age, ripe, fully fledged, fully developed, full grown

adjective 3. pornographic, blue, dirty, offensive, sexy, erotic, porn (informal) obscene, taboo, filthy, indecent, sensual, hard-core, lewd, carnal, porno (informal) X-rated (informal) salacious, prurient, smutty

Translations

adult [ˈædʌlt] n → adulto/a

adj adult education → educación f para adultos

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adult [ˈædʌlt] n → adulte m/f

adj (= grown-up) → adulte;

(for adults) → pour adultes

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adult [ˈædʌlt] n → Erwachsene(r) f(m)

adj → erwachsen;

(animal) → ausgewachsen;

(literature etc) → für Erwachsene

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adult [ˈædʌlt] n → adulto/a