Thesaurus:adult

Thesaurus

adult

English

Noun

Sense: a fully grown human or animal

Synonyms

• adult
• grown up, grown-up, grownup
• growed-up (US dialect)
• postpubescent

Antonyms

• child    [⇒ thesaurus]
• youngling    [⇒ thesaurus]

Hyponyms

• man    [⇒ thesaurus]
• woman    [⇒ thesaurus]
• old person    [⇒ thesaurus]

Hypernyms

• person    [⇒ thesaurus]

See also

• Thesaurus:adultlike
• Thesaurus:mature

Further reading

• “131. adolescence” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “adult” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.