 4 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
adult
adjective: (of animals) fully developed; "an adult animal"; "a grown
woman" [syn: {big}, {full-grown}, {fully grown}, {grown},
{grownup}]
noun
1: a fully developed person from maturity onward [syn: {grownup}]
[ant: {juvenile}]
2: any mature animal
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Adult \A*dult"\, adjective [L. adultus, p. p. of adolescere, akin to
alere to nourish: cf. F. adulte. See {Adolescent}, {Old}.]
Having arrived at maturity, or to full size and strength;
matured; as, an adult person or plant; an adult ape; an adult
age.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Adult \A*dult"\, noun
A person, animal, or plant grown to full size and strength;
one who has reached maturity.
Note: In the common law, the term is applied to a person who
has attained full age or legal majority; in the civil
law, to males after the age of fourteen, and to females
after twelve.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
19 Moby Thesaurus words for "adult":
aged, big, full-blown, full-fledged, full-grown, grown, grown up,
grown-up, marriable, marriageable, mature, matured, maturescent,
nubile, of age, of marriageable age, old, ripe, ripened
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