adult

IPA: ʌdˈʌɫt

Fully grown.
Intended for or restricted to adults rather than children due to size, maturity, knowledge level, judgement, etc.
Containing situations or discussions intended primarily for adults, such as serious crime, illicit drug use, extramarital affairs, etc.
(of a beverage) Containing alcohol, intended for consumption only by adults.
(of a cookie, gummy, etc.) Containing marijuana, intended for consumption only by adults.
Containing material of an explicit sexual nature; of, or pertaining to, pornography.
Containing excessive vulgar or profane speech, text or images, intended only for adults.

Examples of "adult" in Sentences

Please use the term adult offspring in your online expectorations.
"When it comes to the term adult soft drink, taste is a priority," claimed Dewey.
/You have already to a great extent targeted the population since the word adult is used.
In 1980, when the term adult child of alcoholic, ACOA was coined, ACOAs literally came out of the woodwork, testifying in droves to confusion, resentment...
The kid understood or at least gave the appearance of understanding, but the years passed and he became what they call an adult and the rats in his mind are still dead, still young.
In 1980, when the term adult child of alcoholic, ACOA was coined, ACOAs literally came out of the woodwork, testifying in droves to confusion, resentment and hurt that the child within them still hung onto.
Reznor walks me into what he calls his "adult playpen of knob-twiddling": a small garage converted into an Aladdin's cave of instruments, mixing desks and synthesizer modules, their lights winking in the dark.
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