What does “adult” mean?
- 1
nouna person or animal that is fully grown
Tickets are $12 for adults and $6 for children.
- 2
adjectivefully grown or relating to grown-up people
She spent most of her adult life in Chicago.
Adult at a glance
- Part of speech
- noun & adjective
- CEFR level
- A2 (elementary)
- Pronunciation
- /əˈdʌlt/ · uh-DULT
How to use “adult” correctly
Both “uh-DULT” and “AD-ult” are common in American English.
Common phrases with “adult”
- young adult
- adult education
- adult life
Synonyms, opposites and related words
Synonyms (similar meaning)
- grown-up
Antonyms (opposite meaning)
Word family
- adulthood
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