English dictionary
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English adjective: adult | |||
| 1. | adult (of animals) fully developed | ||
| Samples | An adult animal. A grown woman. | ||
| Synonyms | big, full-grown, fully grown, grown, grownup | ||
| Similar | mature | ||
| Domain category | animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna | ||
| Antonyms | immature | ||
| 2. | adult designed to arouse lust | ||
| Samples | Pornographic films and magazines. Adult movies. | ||
| Synonyms | pornographic | ||
| Similar | sexy | ||
| Antonyms | unsexy | ||
English noun: adult | |||
| 1. | adult (person) a fully developed person from maturity onward | ||
| Synonyms | grownup | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | adult female, adult male, brachycephalic, caregiver, case, catch, centrist, character, conservative, conservativist, disarmer, dolichocephalic, eccentric, elder, ex-spouse, golden ager, homebody, host, important person, influential person, Jack of all trades, liberal, liberal, liberalist, man, man of the world, match, middle of the roader, militarist, moderate, moderationist, old person, oldster, pacificist, pacifist, patrician, personage, pledgee, pledger, professional, professional person, progressive, senior, senior citizen, sobersides, sophisticate, stay-at-home, stoic, thoroughbred, type, unemotional person, warmonger, woman | ||
| Part holonym | adult body | ||
| Antonyms | juvenile, juvenile person | ||
| 2. | adult (animal) any mature animal | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna | ||
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