Synonyms of adulthood

adulthood

noun

as in maturity

the state of being fully grown or developed

the period between childhood and adulthood is called adolescence

Synonyms & Similar Words

• maturity
• adultness
• majority
• manhood
• womanhood
• midlife
• heyday
• autumn
• middle age
• prime
• bloom
• flush

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• minority
• immaturity
• infancy
• childhood
• adolescence
• youth
• nonage
• babyhood
• toddlerhood

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of adulthood

But Japan’s experience suggests what can happen when a bunch of young people who did everything right to prepare for adulthood find the fruits of adulthood deferred, en masse. — Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2026

In what many compared to Friends, the series charted the group’s personal and professional lives as each of them attempted to figure out adulthood. — Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 25 Aug. 2026

Tovey stars as Anthony Selvon, a polarizing self-help influencer with a dangerous message for young men nearing adulthood – embrace hypermasculinity and hate on women. — Matthew Carey, Deadline, 25 Aug. 2026

In high school and young adulthood, music became a highly informative medium that rewired his brain. — Selena Fragassi, SPIN, 24 Aug. 2026

The current study itself calls for longitudinal research to determine whether the associations seen at age 22 persist into later adulthood. — Paul McClure 23, New Atlas, 23 Aug. 2026

Dad and kid navigate various obstacles and their own family issues in a touching story exploring grief and adulthood. — Brian Truitt, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2026

For families with a first-year college student, move-in day lands loaded with logistics, emotion and the sudden reality that a child is stepping into adulthood. — Lauren Schuster, Miami Herald, 20 Aug. 2026

For Wachter, those constraints help explain why the traditional sequence of adulthood is breaking apart. — Tatiana Sataua, Fortune, 20 Aug. 2026