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

Kids knew Williams as Peter Pan in Hook (1991) and the Genie in Aladdin (1992), while their parents remembered him from Mork & Mindy and his stand-up career circa the '70s and '80s. —Katie Rife, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Dec. 2025

The collar of the coat featured a variation on the Peter Pan silhouette, this time with sinuous lines and dramatic angles in shades of yellow and cream beneath. —Julia Teti, Footwear News, 10 Dec. 2025

Secondly, that is a movie, not a book, and nope, Rufio was not in the original Peter Pan. —Brian Moylan, Vulture, 4 Dec. 2025

Jacobi, now 12, has since appeared in Disney’s Peter Pan & Wendy and the Billy Crystal Apple drama Before. —Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 20 Nov. 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