Thesaurus: adult

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1. a. Having arrived at maturity, or to full size and strength; matured; as, an adult person or plant; an adult ape; an adult age.
2. n. A person, animal, or plant grown to full size and strength; one who has reached maturity.
3. adj. (of animals) fully developed
4. adj. designed to arouse lust
5. n. a fully developed person from maturity onward
6. n. any mature animal
7. Having arrived at maturity, or to full size and strength; matured; as, an adult person or plant; an adult ape; an adult age. 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.
8. Having arrived at maturity, or to full size and strength;matured; as, an adult person or plant; an adult ape; an adult age.
9. j:6/n:94 n. a fully developed person from maturity onward n. any mature animal s. (of animals) fully developed