Antonyms for adult
əˈdʌlt, ˈæd ʌltadult

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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

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. adult

   Antonyms:
   youth, stripling, boy, child, infant

   Synonyms:
   man, woman

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1. • Person

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. adult, grownupnoun

   a fully developed person from maturity onward

   Antonyms:
   juvenile person, juvenile, immature, unsexy

   Synonyms:
   grownup

2. adultadjective

   any mature animal

   Antonyms:
   juvenile person, juvenile, unsexy, immature

   Synonyms:
   grownup

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

   (of animals) fully developed

   "an adult animal"; "a grown woman"

   Antonyms:
   juvenile person, juvenile, immature, unsexy

   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

4. pornographic, adultadjective

   designed to arouse lust

   "pornographic films and magazines"; "adult movies"

   Antonyms:
   juvenile, juvenile person, unsexy, immature

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

How to use adult in a sentence?

1. Federico Laham:

   If you are not pregnant or not an adult planning to have a partner who is pregnant, I don’t think [there’s] any reason for concern or any need for testing.

2. Aimee Patton:

   Knowing that her eggs were stored, potentially as an adult she has a chance she can use those eggs, and have a family brings a lot of peace, and it gives her hope for the future.

3. Elizabeth Joy:

   We are seeing training programs migrate into this' functional' space, not only for older adults, but for others as well, for an older adult trying to maintain independent living, they need function-specific training.

4. Gregory Conley:

   It is critical that adult smokers understand that nothing in this study will change the conclusions of respected organizations like the Royal College of Physicians and Public Health England, both of which have estimated that vaping is at least 95 % less risky than smoking.

5. Kaavia James Union Wade:

   I mean, I went years without telling my chef that I didn't like cilantro in my burger -- and that was hard as an adult, it took me years to have the confidence to say that. My daughter, eight years old, came home and had the confidence to say :' This is who I am. This is this is who I'm going to be.'.

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