Adult (Noun)
Meaning 1
A fully developed person from maturity onward.
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
Synonyms
Antonyms
Hypernyms
Hyponyms
- Professional Person
- Liberalist
- Adult Female
- Type
- Old Person
- Conservativist
- Moderate
- Senior
- Golden Ager
- Case
- Personage
- Influential Person
- Middle Of The Roader
- Disarmer
- Progressive
- Pacificist
- Eccentric
- Moderationist
- Unemotional Person
- Match
- Warmonger
- Homebody
- Man Of The World
- Senior Citizen
- Adult Male
Related Words
Meaning 2
Any mature animal.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Examples
- The zookeepers were careful not to disturb the adult male lion during feeding time.
- After several years, the caterpillar finally transformed into a beautiful adult butterfly.
- Only adult elephants with large tusks were targeted by the poachers.
- Researchers studied the behavior of adult wolves in the wild to better understand their social dynamics.
- In the aquarium, visitors could observe the adult fish swimming alongside their younger counterparts.