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ADULT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any mature animal
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("adult" is a kind of...):
animal; animate being; beast; brute; creature; fauna (a living organism characterized by voluntary movement)
Derivation:
adult ((of animals) fully developed)
adulthood (the state (and responsibilities) of a person who has attained maturity)
adulthood (the period of time in your life after your physical growth has stopped and you are fully developed)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A fully developed person from maturity onward
Synonyms:
adult; grownup
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("adult" is a kind of...):
individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)
Meronyms (parts of "adult"):
adult body (the body of an adult human being)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "adult"):
adult female; woman (an adult female person (as opposed to a man))
thoroughbred (a well-bred person)
stoic; unemotional person (someone who is seemingly indifferent to emotions)
homebody; stay-at-home (a person who seldom goes anywhere; one not given to wandering or travel)
man of the world; sophisticate (a worldly-wise person)
sobersides (a serious and sedate individual)
professional; professional person (a person engaged in one of the learned professions)
pledger (someone who makes or gives a pledge)
pledgee (someone to whom a pledge is made or someone with whom something is deposited as a pledge)
patrician (a person of refined upbringing and manners)
disarmer; pacificist; pacifist (someone opposed to violence as a means of settling disputes)
golden ager; old person; oldster; senior citizen (an elderly person)
militarist; warmonger (a person who advocates war or warlike policies)
adult male; man (an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman))
liberal (a person who favors an economic theory of laissez-faire and self-regulating markets)
liberal; liberalist; progressive (a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties)
Jack of all trades (a person able to do a variety of different jobs acceptably well)
important person; influential person; personage (a person whose actions and opinions strongly influence the course of events)
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)
fascist (an adherent of fascism or other authoritarian views)
ex-spouse (a person who was formerly a spouse)
elder; senior (a person who is older than you are)
dolichocephalic (an adult with a long narrow head)
conservative; conservativist (a person who is reluctant to accept changes and new ideas)
case; character; eccentric; type (a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities))
centrist; middle of the roader; moderate; moderationist (a person who takes a position in the political center)
catch; match (a person regarded as a good matrimonial prospect)
caregiver (a person who is responsible for attending to the needs of a child or dependent adult)
brachycephalic (an adult with a short broad head)
Antonym:
juvenile (a young person, not fully developed)
Derivation:
adult ((of animals) fully developed)
adulthood (the state (and responsibilities) of a person who has attained maturity)
adulthood (the period of time in your life after your physical growth has stopped and you are fully developed)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(of animals) fully developed
Example:
a grown woman
Synonyms:
adult; big; full-grown; fully grown; grown; grownup
Classified under:
Similar:
mature (having reached full natural growth or development)
Domain category:
animal; animate being; beast; brute; creature; fauna (a living organism characterized by voluntary movement)
Derivation:
adult (any mature animal)
adult (a fully developed person from maturity onward)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Designed to arouse lust
Example:
adult movies
Synonyms:
adult; pornographic
Classified under:
Similar:
sexy (marked by or tending to arouse sexual desire or interest)
Context examples:
An acute myeloid leukemia with maturation occurring in adults.
(Adult Acute Myeloid Leukemia with Maturation, NCI Thesaurus)
An acute monoblastic and monocytic leukemia occurring in adults.
(Adult Acute Monoblastic and Monocytic Leukemia, NCI Thesaurus)
An acute megakaryoblastic leukemia occurring in adults.
(Adult Acute Megakaryoblastic Leukemia, NCI Thesaurus)
"What more have you to say?" she asked, rather in the tone in which a person might address an opponent of adult age than such as is ordinarily used to a child.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
An acute erythroid leukemia occurring in adults.
(Adult Acute Erythroid Leukemia, NCI Thesaurus)
An acute monoblastic leukemia occurring in adults.
(Adult Acute Monoblastic Leukemia, NCI Thesaurus)
An acute monocytic leukemia occurring in adults.
(Adult Acute Monocytic Leukemia, NCI Thesaurus)
An acute myeloid leukemia with inv(16)(p13.1q22) occurring in adults.
(Adult Acute Myeloid Leukemia with inv(16)(p13.1q22); CBFB-MYH11, NCI Thesaurus)
Acute myeloid leukemia in adults which is not growing and responds to treatment.
(Adult Acute Myeloid Leukemia in Remission, NCI Thesaurus)
An acute myeloid leukemia occurring in adults.
(Adult Acute Myeloid Leukemia, NCI Thesaurus)
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