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

That adulthood, unfortunately, must be spent inside a tank like this one. — John Donegan Long Beach Post, Arkansas Online, 15 Sep. 2026

As tensions rise and boundaries begin to blur, their grandmother’s frail presence takes on an increasingly disturbing quality, turning a once-idyllic summer into a haunting passage into adulthood. — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 14 Sep. 2026

Most people contract the virus during early childhood in temperate regions, but in tropical regions, initial infection typically occurs later in adolescence and early adulthood. — Andrew Bubak, The Conversation, 14 Sep. 2026

Byrne was initially drawn to the steelier qualities of Sam, who, in adulthood, is a big-city patent lawyer with disdain for Charlie’s choice to reside in their hometown as a defense attorney working with their father. — Savannah Walsh, Vanity Fair, 10 Sep. 2026

Despite the fact that nothing bad ever happened to me in a lake, my fear stayed with me into adulthood. — Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2026

Many plant bugs spend their entire lives on a particular host plant, from hatching through adulthood and egg laying. — Todd Spangler, Variety, 9 Sep. 2026

Where the Europeans see a battle to be won, and even the other Sherpa see a terrifying sacred force, Tenzing sees a heavenly mother — smiling down on him since childhood, bearing witness to his heartbreaks in adulthood, calling him now to come home. — Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2026

And there’s a whole generation of girlies like me who’ve followed these ladies through our adolescence into adulthood. — Ile-Ife Okantah, Vulture, 7 Sep. 2026