a·dult ( -d lt ,  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. [From Latin adultus, past participle of adol  scere, to grow up; see adolescent.]a·dult hood n.a·dult ness n. |
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
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. |  adult - a fully developed person from maturity onwardindividual, 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 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 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 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 | |
| Adj. | 1. | adult - (of animals) fully developed; "an adult animal"; "a grown woman" 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" sexy - marked by or tending to arouse sexual desire or interest; "feeling sexy"; "sexy clothes"; "sexy poses"; "a sexy book"; "sexy jokes" |
adult
noun 1. grown-up, mature person, person of mature age, grown or grown-up person, man or woman
Translations
adult [ˈædʌlt] n → Erwachsene(r) f(m)
adj → erwachsen;
(animal) → ausgewachsen;
(literature etc) → für Erwachsene
adj adult [ˈӕdalt, (especially American ) əˈdalt]
1 fully grown an adult gorilla. volwasse بَالِغ възрастен dospělý voksen; fuldvoksen erwachsen ενήλικος adulto täiskasvanud بالغ täysikasvuinen adulte מְבוּגָר बालिग odrastao čovjek kifejlett dewasa fullorðinn, fulltíða adulto 大人の 성장한 suaugęs pieaudzis dewasa volwassen voksen, utvokst dorosły adulto adult взрослый dospelý odrasel odrastao []vuxen โตเต็มที่ yetişkin, erişkin 成年人的 дорослий جوان trưởng thành 成年人的
2 mature adult behaviour. volwasse نَاضِج، بَالِغ،رَاشِد пълнолетен zralý, dospělý moden; voksen erwachsen ώριμος adulto küps سنجیده kypsä adulte הִתְנָהָגוּת בּוֹגֶרֶת वयस्क zreo felnőtt dewasa, matang þroskaður, fullorðins- adulto 成熟した 성숙한, 원숙한 suaugusio žmogaus pieauguša- matang volwassen moden, voksen dojrzały adulto matur зрелый zrelý, dospelý zrel zreo vuxen, mogen เป็นผู้ใหญ่ olgun, aklı başında 成熟的 повнолітній بالغ chín chắn 成熟的
n
a fully grown human being That film is suitable only for adults. volwassene إنْسَان بَالِغ، رَاشِد възрастен dospělý člověk voksen der/die Erwachsene(r) ενήλικας adulto täiskasvanu بزرگسال aikuinen adulte בּוֹגֶר बालिग odrasla osoba felnőtt orang dewasa fullorðinn adulto 大人 성인 suaugęs žmogus pieaugušais; pieaudzis cilvēks dewasa volwassene voksen dorosły adulto adult взрослый dospelý odrasla oseba odrasla osoba vuxen människa ผู้ใหญ่ büyük, ergin kimse 成年人 повнолітня людина ایک جوان آدمی người trưởng thành 成年人
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