Antonyms for adulthoodadult·hood

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1. adulthoodnoun

   Antonyms:
   childhood

2. adulthoodnoun

   The boy entered adulthood by undergoing a rite of passage.

   Antonyms:
   childhood

Matched Categories

1. • Maturity
   • Time Of Life

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1. adulthood, maturitynoun

   the period of time in your life after your physical growth has stopped and you are fully developed

   Synonyms:
   matureness, maturity, due date, maturity date

2. adulthoodnoun

   the state (and responsibilities) of a person who has attained maturity

   Synonyms:
   maturity

How to use adulthood in a sentence?

1. Nicholas Dodman:

   That's not very hard to train. It's not rocket science, it's really just about reaching the peak of your adulthood and not going past the age where there are diminishing returns.

2. Joanne Newbury:

   One of the most consistent findings over the past few decades has been a link between cities and psychosis, children who are born and raised in urban versus rural settings are almost twice as likely to develop psychosis in adulthood.

3. Kieran Dowd and colleagues:

   It is likely then that the child will continue to gain weight throughout childhood, adolescence and into adulthood.

4. Sarah Clark:

   It may be helpful for parents to remember their role is to guide children toward adulthood, for some, that means a shift from thinking of their role as fixing every problem to instead focus on creating opportunities to learn.

5. Heather Hamner:

   One of the things that’s really important is these early dietary behaviors, this is really when kids are laying the foundation for some of those dietary behaviors, so starting out strong and making sure that they’re creating these healthy behaviors … that’s going to set them up as they go into adolescence and adulthood.

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