English > adult: 4 senses > noun 1, person | Meaning | A fully developed person from maturity onward. |
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| Synonym | grownup |
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| Parts | adult body | The body of an adult human being |
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| Narrower | Jack of all trades | A person able to do a variety of different jobs acceptably well |
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| brachycephalic | An adult with a short broad head |
| caregiver | A person who is responsible for attending to the needs of a child or dependent adult |
| catch, match | A person regarded as a good matrimonial prospect |
| centrist, middle of the roader, moderate, moderationist | A person who takes a position in the political center |
| character, eccentric, type, case | A person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities) |
| conservative, conservativist | A person who is reluctant to accept changes and new ideas |
| dolichocephalic | An adult with a long narrow head |
| elder, senior | A person who is older than you are |
| ex-spouse | A person who was formerly a spouse |
| fascist | An adherent of fascism or other right-wing authoritarian views |
| host | A person who invites guests to a social event (such as a party in his or her own home / home) and who is responsible for them while they are there |
| important person, influential person, personage | A person whose actions and opinions strongly influence the course of events |
| liberal, liberalist, progressive | A person who favors / favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties |
| liberal | A person who favors / favors an economic theory of laissez-faire and self-regulating markets |
| man, adult male | An adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman) |
| militarist, warmonger | A person who advocates war or warlike policies |
| oldster, old person, senior citizen, golden ager | An elderly person |
| pacifist, pacificist, disarmer | someone opposed to violence as a means of settling disputes |
| patrician | A person of refined upbringing and manners |
| pledgee | someone to whom a pledge is made or someone with whom something is deposited as a pledge |
| pledger | someone who makes or gives a pledge |
| professional, professional person | A person engaged in one of the learned professions |
| sobersides | A serious and sedate individual |
| sophisticate, man of the world | A worldly-wise person |
| stay-at-home, homebody | A person who seldom goes anywhere |
| stoic, unemotional person | someone who is seemingly indifferent to emotions |
| thoroughbred | A well-bred person |
| woman, adult female | An adult female person (as opposed to a man) |
| Broader | person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul | A human being |
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| Opposite | juvenile, juvenile person | A young person, not fully developed |
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| Spanish | adulta, adulto, mayor, persona mayor |
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| Catalan | adulta, adult, persona gran |
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| Adjectives | adult | (of animals) fully developed |
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| Nouns | adulthood | the state (and responsibilities) of a person who has attained maturity |
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| adulthood | the period of time in your life after your physical growth has stopped and you are fully developed |
