Peter Pan

noun

Pe·​ter Pan ˈpē-tər-ˈpan 

1

: a boy in Sir James Barrie's play Peter Pan who lives without growing older in a never-never land

2

: an adult who does not want to grow up : one who hangs on to adolescent interests and attitudes

Examples of Peter Pan in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

However, Ice Age as a contrast to Peter Pan is what's really key to it showing up in this series. —James Grebey, Time, 21 Aug. 2025

Much more troubling is the inclusion of Peter Pan in the first place, along with a bunch of really bizarre references to the Ice Age movies. —Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025

The island as idyll pops up in The Summer Book by Tove Jansson, L.M. Montgomery’s Anne of Green Gables, Virginia Woolf’s To The Lighthouse, and on Peter Pan’s Neverland. —Emma Sloley august 14, Literary Hub, 14 Aug. 2025

With Alien: Earth, Hawley takes the basic framework of an Alien story and fills it with his own kooky takes on Peter Pan, Pinocchio, and Willy Wonka. —Noel Murray, Vulture, 13 Aug. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1904, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for Peter Pan

• businessman
• canavan
• caravan
• constantan
• dragoman
• fisherman
• handyman
• harmattan
• journeyman
• marianne
• middleman
• minivan