ADULT Synonyms
There are 15 hypernyms of the word adult. (close relations)
Best Alternative Words for ADULT
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fully grown | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • (of animals) fully developed | ||||||||
full-grown | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • (of animals) fully developed | ||||||||
developed | verb, adjectivev, adj | |||||||
adjective • being changed over time so as to be e.g. stronger or more complete or more useful adjective satellite • (used of societies) having high industrial development • (of real estate) made more useful and profitable as by building or laying out roads | ||||||||
elder | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||||
noun • a person who is older than you are • any of numerous shrubs or small trees of temperate and subtropical Northern Hemisphere having white flowers and berrylike fruit • any of various church officers adjective satellite • used of the older of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a father from his son | ||||||||
established | verb, adverb, adjectivev, adv, adj | |||||||
adjective • brought about or set up or accepted; especially long established adjective satellite • settled securely and unconditionally • conforming with accepted standards • shown to be valid beyond a reasonable doubt • introduced from another region and persisting without cultivation | ||||||||
experienced | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective • having experience; having knowledge or skill from observation or participation | ||||||||
mature | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||||
adjective • characteristic of maturity • having reached full natural growth or development • fully developed or matured and ready to be eaten or used • (of birds) having developed feathers or plumage; often used in combination adjective satellite • fully considered and perfected verb • develop and reach maturity; undergo maturation • develop and work out fully in one's mind • become due for repayment • cause to ripen or develop fully • grow old or older • cause to ripen and discharge pus | ||||||||
senior | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||||
adjective • older; higher in rank; longer in length of tenure or service noun • an undergraduate student during the year preceding graduation • a person who is older than you are adjective satellite • used of the fourth and final year in United States high school or college • advanced in years; (`aged' is pronounced as two syllables) | ||||||||
big | adverb, adjectiveadv, adj | |||||||
adjective • above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent adverb • extremely well • in a boastful manner • on a grand scale • in a major way adjective satellite • significant • serious or severe • loud and firm • conspicuous in position or importance • prodigious • exhibiting self-importance • feeling self-importance • (of animals) fully developed • marked by intense physical force • generous and understanding and tolerant • given or giving freely • in an advanced stage of pregnancy | ||||||||
grownup | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||||
noun • a fully developed person from maturity onward adjective satellite • (of animals) fully developed | ||||||||
pornographic | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • designed to arouse lust | ||||||||
blue | adjectiveadj | |||||||
noun • blue color or pigment; resembling the color of the clear sky in the daytime • blue clothing • any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are blue • the sky as viewed during daylight • used to whiten laundry or hair or give it a bluish tinge • the sodium salt of amobarbital that is used as a barbiturate; used as a sedative and a hypnotic • any of numerous small butterflies of the family Lycaenidae adjective satellite • of the color intermediate between green and violet; having a color similar to that of a clear unclouded sky • used to signify the Union forces in the American Civil War (who wore blue uniforms) • filled with melancholy and despondency • characterized by profanity or cursing • suggestive of sexual impropriety • belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy • morally rigorous and strict • causing dejection verb • turn blue | ||||||||
grown | verbv | |||||||
adjective satellite • (of animals) fully developed | ||||||||
indecent | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective • offensive to good taste especially in sexual matters adjective satellite • not in keeping with accepted standards of what is right or proper in polite society • offending against sexual mores in conduct or appearance | ||||||||
obscene | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • designed to incite to indecency or lust • offensive to the mind • suggestive of or tending to moral looseness | ||||||||
salacious | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • characterized by lust • suggestive of or tending to moral looseness |