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Synonyms for adult

Synonyms by meaning

Adjective

1. Grown-up

grown-up, mature, full-grown, big informal, grown US, developed

2. Pornographic

pornographic, indecent, obscene, rude, salacious, mucky informal, blue vulgar, pornographical rare

Noun

Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Fully grown.

    an adult human, animal, or plant

  2. adj. 2

    Intended for or restricted to adults rather than children due to size, maturity, knowledge level, judgement, etc.

    adult clothes; adult cereal; an adult documentary

  3. n. 1

    An animal that is full-grown.

Forms

Plural
adults → women, growed-ups…

Example sentences

  • developed The town developed into the center of the economy.
  • mature I think our son is mature enough to understand it.
  • indecent Sorry, I can't tell you my name. It's too indecent.
  • pornographic How do you tell what's pornographic and what isn't?

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
adultsteady
developedfalling
maturesteady
indecentsteady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters
man1, big1
4 letters
blue1, rude1
5 letters
woman2, grown1, mucky2
6 letters
mature2
7 letters
obscene2
8 letters
indecent3
9 letters
developed3, salacious3
12 letters
pornographic4
14 letters
pornographical

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (woman2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
adulte
Español
adulto
Deutsch
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