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GROWNUP
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A fully developed person from maturity onward
Synonyms:
adult; grownup
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("grownup" is a kind of...):
individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)
Meronyms (parts of "grownup"):
adult body (the body of an adult human being)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "grownup"):
adult female; woman (an adult female person (as opposed to a man))
thoroughbred (a well-bred person)
stoic; unemotional person (someone who is seemingly indifferent to emotions)
homebody; stay-at-home (a person who seldom goes anywhere; one not given to wandering or travel)
man of the world; sophisticate (a worldly-wise person)
sobersides (a serious and sedate individual)
professional; professional person (a person engaged in one of the learned professions)
pledger (someone who makes or gives a pledge)
pledgee (someone to whom a pledge is made or someone with whom something is deposited as a pledge)
patrician (a person of refined upbringing and manners)
disarmer; pacificist; pacifist (someone opposed to violence as a means of settling disputes)
golden ager; old person; oldster; senior citizen (an elderly person)
militarist; warmonger (a person who advocates war or warlike policies)
adult male; man (an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman))
liberal (a person who favors an economic theory of laissez-faire and self-regulating markets)
liberal; liberalist; progressive (a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties)
Jack of all trades (a person able to do a variety of different jobs acceptably well)
important person; influential person; personage (a person whose actions and opinions strongly influence the course of events)
host (a person who invites guests to a social event (such as a party in his or her own home) and who is responsible for them while they are there)
fascist (an adherent of fascism or other authoritarian views)
ex-spouse (a person who was formerly a spouse)
elder; senior (a person who is older than you are)
dolichocephalic (an adult with a long narrow head)
conservative; conservativist (a person who is reluctant to accept changes and new ideas)
case; character; eccentric; type (a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities))
centrist; middle of the roader; moderate; moderationist (a person who takes a position in the political center)
catch; match (a person regarded as a good matrimonial prospect)
caregiver (a person who is responsible for attending to the needs of a child or dependent adult)
brachycephalic (an adult with a short broad head)
Derivation:
grownup ((of animals) fully developed)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(of animals) fully developed
Example:
a grown woman
Synonyms:
adult; big; full-grown; fully grown; grown; grownup
Classified under:
Similar:
mature (having reached full natural growth or development)
Domain category:
animal; animate being; beast; brute; creature; fauna (a living organism characterized by voluntary movement)
Derivation:
grownup (a fully developed person from maturity onward)
