as in grown-up
a fully grown person
at the beach, the adults sat under broad umbrellas while the children splashed in the water
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as in pornographic
dealing in or with explicitly sexual material
an adult magazine
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as in matured
fully grown or developed
insects that are butterflies in their adult stage
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Recent Examples of adult
The New Yorker, New Yorker, 15 June 2026
Locally, our Juneteenth celebrations offer a little something for everyone, including kids, teens and adults of all ages and stripes.
—Britt Julious, Chicago Tribune, 15 June 2026
Mathew Rodriguez, Them., 29 Oct. 2025
The junior car had gotten seriously adult.
—Robert Ross, Robb Report, 28 Oct. 2025
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Noun
The psychologist’s adult nephew has been recruited by an environmentalist who believes that the psychologist’s case files hold the key to saving the forest.
—The New Yorker, New Yorker, 15 June 2026
Locally, our Juneteenth celebrations offer a little something for everyone, including kids, teens and adults of all ages and stripes.
—Britt Julious, Chicago Tribune, 15 June 2026
Adjective
Corrigan has also appeared in independent non-adult films such as Chillerama and appeared in Gus Van Sant’s Harvey Milk biopic Milk.
—Mathew Rodriguez, Them., 29 Oct. 2025
The junior car had gotten seriously adult.
—Robert Ross, Robb Report, 28 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for adult
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Reportedly shot for less than $100,000, this tale of Pooh and Piglet all grown-up and running amok recently opened to box office success in Mexico and is currently playing on cinema screens around America.—
Clark Collis,
EW.com,
16 Feb. 2023
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The flat property has yards, mature trees, and space for a future pool and sports court.—
The Week US,
TheWeek,
8 June 2026
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Li said Lancome is able to keep consumers spending through every stage of their life, with products for early age, mid-age and mature age.—
Ramishah Maruf,
CNN Money,
7 June 2026
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There is plenty of pornographic decoration in contemporary popular culture, but very little of it is consequential.—
Becca Rothfeld,
New Yorker,
1 June 2026
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Authorities alleged that their tactics included intimidating the women, placing them under constant surveillance and forcing them to perform pornographic acts that were then shared on social media.—
Lynsey Eidell,
PEOPLE,
31 May 2026
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Think of this as the matured version of the Kool-Aid dip-dye technique.—
Kaleigh Werner,
Footwear News,
7 Nov. 2025
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Appleberry was arraigned May 27 in Placer Superior Court, charged with causing injury to an elder or dependent adult, battery causing serious bodily injury, assault by means of force likely to produce great bodily injury and battery against an emergency worker.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
8 June 2026
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The workforce’s youngest cohort has been labeled lazy, entitled, and unrelentingly pessimistic by their elders.—
Tristan Bove,
Fortune,
8 June 2026
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Anchored by a mesmerizing lead performance from Cemre Paksoy, the film blends scam-call paranoia, erotic fixation, and existential dread into a vision that’s difficult to shake even in a trailer that’s barely two minutes long.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
11 June 2026
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Telephones, in any era, carry a specific erotic potency.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 June 2026
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Those topics are ripe for debate for their own reasons, but none involves the legal complexity of employment and potential unionization of athletes at public and private universities.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
10 June 2026
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Green peppers are the least ripe, while red peppers are fully ripened.—
Vanessa Caceres,
Verywell Health,
10 June 2026
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“Adult.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/adult. Accessed 16 Jun. 2026.
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