adult
adjectiveHow many syllables in adult?
There are 2 syllables in the word adult.How to pronounce adult:
Definition of adult:
- adult (adjective):
- fully developed and mature grown-up
Synonyms for adult:
ancient
animal
animate being
beast
creature
elder
fauna
grown or grown-up person
grown-up
grownup
man or woman
mature person
middle-ager
oldster
person of mature age
senior citizen
Antonyms for adult:
adolescent
baby
babyish
blooming
boyish
boylike
budding
burgeoning
callow
childish
childlike
dawning
developing
early
embryonic
emergent
emerging
fledgling
girlish
girllike
green
growing
ignorant
immature
incomplete
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