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Definitions for Adulthood
[1] having attained full size and strength; grown up; mature: an adult person, animal, or plant.
[2] of, relating to, or befitting adults.
[3] intended for adults; not suitable for children: adult entertainment.
[4] a person who is fully grown or developed or of age.
[5] a full-grown animal or plant.
[6] a person who has attained the age of maturity as specified by law.
[7] having reached maturity; fully developed
[8] of or intended for mature people adult education
[9] regarded as suitable only for adults, because of being pornographic adult films and magazines
[10] a person who has attained maturity; a grownup
[11] a mature fully grown animal or plant
[12] law a person who has attained the age of legal majority (18 years for most purposes) Compare infant
Words related to Adulthood
adultboldness, nobility, courage, masculinity, virility, fortitude, mettle, bravery, potency, flowering, youth, maturity, life, evolution, advancement, expansion, improvement, increase, progress, resoluteness
Words nearby Adulthood
adultadularia, adulate, adulation, adulatory, adullamite, adult, adult education, adult fanconi's syndrome, adult home, adult medulloepithelioma, adult onset diabetes
Origin of Adulthood
1525–35; 1925–30 for def 3 ; < Latin adultus grown (past participle of adolēre to make grow), equivalent to ad- ad- + ul- (identical with base al- in aliment, ol- in prolific) + -tus past participle suffix
Other words from Adulthood
a·dult·hood , noun
a·dult·like , adjective
a·dult·ly , adverb
a·dult·ness , noun
non·a·dult , adjective, noun
qua·si-a·dult , adjective
sub·a·dult , adjective, noun
sub·a·dult·ness , noun
un·a·dult , adjective
Word origin for Adulthood
C16: from Latin adultus, from adolēscere to grow up, from alēscere to grow, from alēre to feed, nourish
Synonyms for Adulthood
coming of age, fecundity, femininity, fertility, manfulness, manliness, masculinity, mettle, potency, virility, womanliness, womanness