Синонимы adults

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:4.0 / 1 vote

  1. adultadjective

    Of a human or animal, fully grown.

    Synonyms:
    grown up, big, fully grown

  2. adultadjective

    Synonyms:
    X-rated, XXXX, obscene, dirty, blue, XXX, pornographic, lewd

Princeton’s WordNetRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

  1. adult, grownupnoun

    a fully developed person from maturity onward

    Synonyms:
    grownup

    Antonyms:
    juvenile person, juvenile, immature, unsexy

  2. adultadjective

    any mature animal

    Synonyms:
    grownup

    Antonyms:
    juvenile person, juvenile, unsexy, immature

  3. adult, big, full-grown, fully grown, grown, grownupadjective

    (of animals) fully developed

    «an adult animal»; «a grown woman»

    Synonyms:
    bountiful, magnanimous, full-grown, prominent, big, vainglorious, cock-a-hoop, braggy, heavy(p), giving, grownup, grown, large(p), enceinte, bounteous, liberal, self-aggrandizing, swelled, handsome, fully grown, braggart(a), with child(p), bighearted, expectant, heavy(a), great(p), large, bragging(a), bad, freehanded, pornographic, big(a), self-aggrandising, boastful, openhanded, gravid, big(p), crowing

    Antonyms:
    juvenile person, juvenile, immature, unsexy

  4. pornographic, adultadjective

    designed to arouse lust

    «pornographic films and magazines»; «adult movies»

    Synonyms:
    grownup, pornographic, fully grown, grown, full-grown, big

    Antonyms:
    juvenile, juvenile person, unsexy, immature

How to pronounce adult?

How to say adult in sign language?

How to use adult in a sentence?

  1. Sarah Longmore:

    It’s been at least 20 years since I have had to pull back to this extent, this is a new and humbling experience for me as an adult.

  2. Elon Musk:

    Any parent or doctor who sterilizes a child before they are a consenting adult should go to prison for life

  3. Anthony Fauci:

    There are only individual case reports of significant neurological damage to people not just the fetuses but an adult that would get infected. Things that they call meningoencephalitis, which is an inflammation of the brain and the covering around the brain, spinal cord damage due to what we call myelitis, so far they look unusual, but at least we’ve seen them and that’s concerning.

  4. Lenore Skenazy:

    If you live in a culture that says you can’t let your kids get off the bus without an adult there to take him home, or we’ll arrest you for letting your kids walk home from the park, how can you do anything other than spend more time with them than you otherwise care to ?

  5. Edith Ann:

    Acting childish seems to come naturally, but acting like an adult, no matter how old we are, just doesn’t come easy to us.


Translations for adult

From our Multilingual Translation Dictionary

  • راشد, بالغArabic
  • даро́слыBelarusian
  • за възрастни, възрастен, пълнолетенBulgarian
  • adultCatalan, Valencian
  • dospělýCzech
  • voksenDanish
  • erwachsen, Erwachsener, ErwachseneGerman
  • ενήλικαςGreek
  • adulto, adultaSpanish
  • بزرگسالPersian
  • aikuinenFinnish
  • adulteFrench
  • מבוגרת, מבוגרHebrew
  • वयस्कHindi
  • felnőttHungarian
  • հասուն, չափահաս, մեծահասակArmenian
  • dewasaIndonesian
  • adultoIdo
  • fullorðinnIcelandic
  • adulta, adultoItalian
  • 大人, 成人Japanese
  • ವಯಸ್ಕKannada
  • 成人, 다 자란, 어른, 성인, 성인의Korean
  • adultusLatin
  • ຜູ້ໃຫ່ຍLao
  • pieaugušais, pieaudzisLatvian
  • pakeke, kātuaMāori
  • volwasseneDutch
  • voksenNorwegian
  • ପ୍ରାପ୍ତବୟସ୍କOriya
  • dorosła, dorosłyPolish
  • adultoPortuguese
  • adultă, adultRomanian
  • для взрослых, взро́слыйRussian
  • punoljetstvo, одрастао, пунолетан, odrastao, punoletan, пунољетствоSerbo-Croatian
  • වැඩිහිටියාSinhala, Sinhalese
  • dospelýSlovak
  • odraselSlovene
  • vuxen, vuxen-Swedish
  • mtu mzimaSwahili
  • வயது வந்தோர்Tamil
  • వయోజనTelugu
  • ผู้ใหญ่Thai
  • ergin, yetişkinTurkish
  • доро́слийUkrainian
  • بالغUrdu
  • người lớnVietnamese
  • 成人Chinese

Get even more translations for adult »

Translation

Find a translation for the adult synonym in other languages:

Select another language:

  • — Select —
  • 简体中文 (Chinese — Simplified)
  • 繁體中文 (Chinese — Traditional)
  • Español (Spanish)
  • Esperanto (Esperanto)
  • 日本語 (Japanese)
  • Português (Portuguese)
  • Deutsch (German)
  • العربية (Arabic)
  • Français (French)
  • Русский (Russian)
  • ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada)
  • 한국어 (Korean)
  • עברית (Hebrew)
  • Gaeilge (Irish)
  • Українська (Ukrainian)
  • اردو (Urdu)
  • Magyar (Hungarian)
  • मानक हिन्दी (Hindi)
  • Indonesia (Indonesian)
  • Italiano (Italian)
  • தமிழ் (Tamil)
  • Türkçe (Turkish)
  • తెలుగు (Telugu)
  • ภาษาไทย (Thai)
  • Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)
  • Čeština (Czech)
  • Polski (Polish)
  • Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)
  • Românește (Romanian)
  • Nederlands (Dutch)
  • Ελληνικά (Greek)
  • Latinum (Latin)
  • Svenska (Swedish)
  • Dansk (Danish)
  • Suomi (Finnish)
  • فارسی (Persian)
  • ייִדיש (Yiddish)
  • հայերեն (Armenian)
  • Norsk (Norwegian)
  • English (English)

Citation

Use the citation below to add these synonyms to your bibliography:

Are we missing a good synonym for adult?

All synonyms in one line

aged, at a high peak, big, completed, cultured, en.synonym.one, cured, developed, evolved, experienced, full-fledged, full-grown, grown, grown-up, intelligent, mature, matured, mellowed, middle-aged, old, perfected, prime, ripe, ripened, sedate, sensible, en.synonym.one, sophisticated, thoughtful, well-bred, citizen, dame, gentleman, grown-up, grownup, en.synonym.one, lady, man, matron, woman, fully grown, pornographic.

Like the site?

This search took 0.024 sec. Think how often you are looking for something to replace a word with? Probably often. Bookmark synonym.one to find synonyms, antonyms and meanings quickly. (press Ctrl + D on your keyboard).

  • man
  • person
  • woman
  • grownup
  • gentleperson

On this page you’ll find 7 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to adults, such as: person, woman, man, gentleperson, and grownup.

Roget’s 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

TRY USING adults

See how your sentence looks with different synonyms.

QUIZ

Don’t Go Retrograde On Your Word Of The Day Quiz Streak!

START THE QUIZ

How to use adults in a sentence

Many adults, it is said, hardly have a rudiment of this feeling, pairing the most fiercely antagonistic tints.

CHILDREN’S WAYSJAMES SULLY

Many adults assume that a child can look at a landscape as they look at it, taking in the whole picturesque effect.

CHILDREN’S WAYSJAMES SULLY

Children, like uneducated adults, have been known to take a spectacle on the stage of a theatre too seriously.

CHILDREN’S WAYSJAMES SULLY

There are sentimental children, as there are sentimental adults, who seem never happier than when the tears are ready to start.

CHILDREN’S WAYSJAMES SULLY

In Africa the ova, and even adults, of Distoma hmatobium are common, accompanying «Egyptian hematuria.»

A MANUAL OF CLINICAL DIAGNOSISJAMES CAMPBELL TODD

Nine lusty-lunged adults in that one room prohibited confidential speech.

RAW GOLDBERTRAND W. SINCLAIR

SYNONYM OF THE DAY

OCTOBER 26, 1985

What is another word for Adults?

41 synonyms found

Pronunciation:

[ ˈadʌlts], [ ˈadʌlts], [ ˈa_d_ʌ_l_t_s]

Table of Contents

  • n.

    adults (noun)

    • elders,
    • men,
    • women,
    • grown ups.
  • Other synonyms:

    Other relevant words:

    • manpower,
    • fully grown,
    • full-grown,
    • work force,
    • major league,
    • hands,
    • workforce,
    • big,
    • pornographic,
    • big league,
    • grownup,
    • grown.

    Other relevant words (noun):

    • patricians,
    • Characters,
    • Ladies,
    • givings,
    • masculines,
    • moderates,
    • adult,
    • matures,
    • Adultness,
    • seniors,
    • hosts,
    • grownups,
    • crowings,
    • conservatives,
    • pacifists,
    • disarmers,
    • matches,
    • eccentrics,
    • majors,
    • naughties,
    • LIBERALS,
    • militarists,
    • homebodies,
    • BADS,
    • oldsters.

How to use «Adults» in context?

The word «adult» has both a legal and a cultural definition. In law, an adult is someone over the age of 18. In culture, an adult is someone who is considered to be legally and emotionally responsible for themselves. This definition can vary from culture to culture, but at its core, the adult is someone who can take care of themselves and make informed decisions.

The adult world can be a complex and challenging place. It can be full of new opportunities and challenges, but also full of risks and uncertainties.

Paraphrases for Adults:

Paraphrases are highlighted according to their relevancy:
  • Equivalence

    • Adjective
      adult.
    • Noun, plural
      grownups, grown-ups.
    • Verb, past tense
      adult.
  • Forward Entailment

    • Noun, plural
      Persons.
  • Reverse Entailment

    • Proper noun, plural
      adultes.
    • Noun, plural
      men, women, Caregivers, adultes.
    • Noun, singular or mass
      adulthood.
  • Independent

    • Cardinal number
      18.
    • Proper noun, singular
      health.
    • Noun, plural
      age, aged, criminal, cultural, days, folks, humans, leaders, majors, minors, ordinary, people, personnel, physical, physics, relevant, species, statistics, teens, work, years, young, youth, Areas, Children, Facilities, Fishes, Lives, Moths, Opportunities, S, Youths, Achievements, Adolescents, Animals, Couples, Males, Operators, Parents, Patients, Populations, Programs, Relatives, Respondents, skills, levels, citizens, inmates, elders, deaths, powers, establishments, authors, courses, conductors, juveniles, teenagers, ages, influences, weeks, members, providers, provinces, candidates, victims, superiors, kids, youngsters, internees, offenders, others, superpowers, institutions, perpetrators, Canadians, individuals, visitors, 1997, drivers, jeunes, personnes, boatmasters.
    • Verb, past tense
      committed, Were.

Homophones for Adults:

  • athlete, adulthood, adulate, addlehead, addle-head, adult tooth, addled, adelaide, atilt.

Word of the Day

reason whys

Synonyms:
allurement,
bait,
carrot,
catalyst,
come-on,
consideration,
determinant,
drive,
encouragement,
enticement.

Nearby words

  • adulthoods
  • adultism
  • adultize
  • Adultness
  • adultnesses
  • Adults
  • (all) agog
  • (all) by itself
  • (all) by yourself
  • (all) joking aside/apart
  • (all) on your own

Resources

  • ADULTS synonyms at Thesaurus.com
  • ADULTS synonyms and antonyms — Merriam-Webster dictionary
  • Powerthesaurus.org
    — ADULTS synonyms
  • Collins Dictionary — synonyms of ADULTS
  • YourDictionary
    — another words for ADULTS

Collins

1   
      adj   full grown, fully developed, fully grown, grown-up, mature, of age, ripe  

2   
      n   grown or grown-up person (man or woman), grown-up, person of mature age  

English Collins Dictionary — English synonyms & Thesaurus  

Collins

adult

     ( adults    plural  )

1       n-count   An adult is a mature, fully developed person. An adult has reached the age when they are legally responsible for their actions.,   (Antonym: minor)
  
Becoming a father signified that he was now an adult…, Children under 14 must be accompanied by an adult.     

2       n-count   An adult is a fully developed animal.  
oft N n     (Antonym: juvenile)
  
…a pair of adult birds.     

3       adj   Adult means relating to the time when you are an adult, or typical of adult people.  
ADJ n  
I’ve lived most of my adult life in London.     

4       adj   If you say that someone is adult about something, you think that they act in a mature, intelligent way, especially when faced with a difficult situation.  
v-link ADJ     (approval)
  

(=mature)  

We were very adult about it. We discussed it rationally over a drink.     

5       adj   You can describe things such as films or books as adult when they deal with sex in a very clear and open way.  
…an adult movie.     

adult education     
Adult education is education for adults in a variety of subjects, most of which are practical, not academic. Classes are often held in the evenings.      n-uncount  
Most adult education centres offer computing courses.     

Translation English Cobuild Collins Dictionary  

To add entries to your own vocabulary, become a member of Reverso community or login if you are already a member.
It’s easy and only takes a few seconds:

Понравилась статья? Поделить с друзьями:
  • Синонимом это пример
  • Синонимом элементы
  • Синонимом цикличной экономики является
  • Синонимом целлюлозы является
  • Синонимом хлоргексидина биглюконата является