adult A2 Topic:People & Society US /əˈdʌlt/ UK /ˈæd.ʌlt/ See IPA manual Freq #2840 Meanings 1 noun A fully grown person who is no longer a child. The ticket costs ten dollars for adults and five for children. 2 adj Fully grown. An adult elephant can weigh several tonnes. 3 adj Intended for grown-ups rather than children, often because of sexual content. The website restricts adult content to users over eighteen. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a fully grown person who is... grown up 2 adj · fully grown. big 3 adj · intended for grown-ups... pornographic More adultlikebluefull-growngrowed-upgrown-upgrownupindecentobscenepostpubescentsalaciousx-rated ↔ Opposites childyoungling Word family Forms adults Derived forms adultcentrismadultescentadulticideadultificationadultifyadultishadultismadultivityadultizationadultizeadultlikeadultly Related forms adolescentadulthoodadultlikemature Common collocations adult male Adjective + noun Etymology AI details From French adulte, from Latin adultus (“grown up”), perfect passive participle of adolescō (“to grow up”). Compare adolescent. *h₂el- (grow) Proto-Indo-European adulte French adultus Latin View etymology graph -> Topics People & Society External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # adult **Type:** Word **Level:** A2 **Part of speech:** noun, adj **IPA (US):** /əˈdʌlt/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈæd.ʌlt/ **Frequency rank:** 2840 ## Meanings 1. A fully grown person who is no longer a child. 2. Fully grown. 3. Intended for grown-ups rather than children, often because of sexual content. ## Examples - The ticket costs ten dollars for adults and five for children. - An adult elephant can weigh several tonnes. - The website restricts adult content to users over eighteen. ## Synonyms - adultlike - blue - full-grown - growed-up - grown-up - grownup - indecent - obscene - pornographic - postpubescent - salacious - x-rated ## Antonyms - child - youngling ## Derived Forms - adultcentrism - adultescent - adulticide - adultification - adultify - adultish - adultism - adultivity - adultization - adultize - adultlike - adultly ## Related Forms - adolescent - adulthood - adultlike - mature ## Roots and Affixes - Root: *h₂el- (grow) - Root: adulte - Root: adultus ## Etymology From French adulte, from Latin adultus (“grown up”), perfect passive participle of adolescō (“to grow up”). Compare adolescent. ## AI Etymology Adult comes from French adulte, from Latin adultus (“grown up”), perfect passive participle of adolescō (“to grow up”). Compare adolescent. The historical line also includes Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- (grow). ## Topics - People & Society markdown