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Antonyms for adult

Grammar : Adj, noun
Spell : uh-duhlt, ad-uhlt
Phonetic Transcription : əˈdʌlt, ˈæd ʌlt


Definition of adult

Origin :
  • 1530s (but not common until mid-17c.), from Latin adultus "grown up, mature, adult, ripe," past participle of adolescere "grow up, mature" (see adolescent). As a euphemism for "pornographic," it dates to 1958 and does no honor to the word.
  • adj being mature, fully grown
  • noun a mature, fully grown person
Example sentences :
  • His narrative is adapted alike for the juvenile mind and for the adult.
  • Extract from : « Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 7, May 14, 1870 » by Various
  • The adult who is nasty is not allowed to do what he likes: neither can the child who likes to be nasty.
  • Extract from : « A Treatise on Parents and Children » by George Bernard Shaw
  • To treat a child wholly as an adult would be to mock and destroy it.
  • Extract from : « A Treatise on Parents and Children » by George Bernard Shaw
  • "A woman wise enough for that is an adult prodigy," he ventured cautiously.
  • Extract from : « The Black Bag » by Louis Joseph Vance
  • The transformations which the infant undergoes from birth to adult age are known to all.
  • Extract from : « The Sexual Question » by August Forel
  • What excites the sexual desire of an adult is quite indifferent to a child.
  • Extract from : « The Sexual Question » by August Forel
  • Here there was much to explore, though an adult might not have thought twice about it.
  • Extract from : « Poppa Needs Shorts » by Leigh Richmond
  • In the child all these symptoms are usually less even than in the adult.
  • Extract from : « The Mother's Manual of Children's Diseases » by Charles West, M.D.
  • The logic of the reply of the adult was of the same grade as that of the child.
  • Extract from : « A Waif of the Mountains » by Edward S. Ellis
  • It is not even known whether the adult fish return by the same route.
  • Extract from : « Tales of Fishes » by Zane Grey

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