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| Main Entry: | adult |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | being mature, fully grown |
| Synonyms: | developed, grown, grown-up, ripe, of age, ripened |
| Antonyms: | adolescent, infant |
| Main Entry: | adult |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | a mature, fully grown person |
| Synonyms: | gentleperson, man, person, woman, grownup |
| Antonyms: | adolescent, infant |
| Main Entry: | full-grown/full-fledged |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | developed, ripe, ready |
| Synonyms: | adult, full-blown*, grown, grown-up, in one's prime, marriageable, mature, nubile, of age, perfected, prime, ripened |
| Antonyms: | new, small, underdeveloped, undeveloped, unripe, young |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | pornographic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | obscene |
| Synonyms: | X-rated*, adult, immoral, indecent, lewd, off-color, offensive, prurient, purple*, raunchy*, rough, salacious, sexy, smutty*, steamy, porn, porno |
| Antonyms: | clean, moral |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | X-rated |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | pornographic |
| Synonyms: | adult, bawdy, dirty, erotic, fleshy, hard-core, immoral, indecent, lascivious, lewd, obscene, off-color, offensive, raunchy, sensual, sexual, sexy, smutty*, steamy, porn, porno |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | grown |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | of age |
| Synonyms: | adult, developed, mature, grown up |
| Notes: | a groan (noun) is an utterance expressing pain or disapproval or a loud moan - groan (verb) means to indicate pain, discomfort, or displeasure or to moan loudly; grown is the past participle of grow and means fully developed |
| Main Entry: | lady |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | woman |
| Synonyms: | adult, babe, bag, baroness, broad, dame, doll, empress, female, girl, matron, mistress, noblewoman, old bag, old lady, petticoat, queen, rib, bitch, butterfly, contessa, countess, duchess, gal, gentlewoman, little woman, mama, mare, missus, old woman, princess, queen bee, squaw, sultana, weaker sex |
| Antonyms: | man |
| Main Entry: | masculine |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | manlike |
| Synonyms: | adult, ape, bold, brave, courageous, gallant, hairy, hardy, honorable, hunk, jock, macho, male, manly, mannish, muscular, potent, powerful, resolute, robust, strapping, strong, stud, vigorous, virile, beefcake, caveman, generative, manful, red-blooded, stallion, stout-hearted, tuna, two-fisted, well-built |
| Antonyms: | feminine |
| Main Entry: | marriageable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | nubile |
| Synonyms: | adult, grown-up, mature, of age |
| Main Entry: | ripe |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | fully developed; experienced |
| Synonyms: | accomplished, adult, aged, completed, conditioned, consummate, enlightened, enriched, finished, fit, full, full-blown, full-fledged, grown, grown-up, increased, informed, judicious, learned, mature, matured, mellow, overdue, perfected, plump, prepared, prime, ready, sagacious, seasoned, skilled, skillful, sound, timely, usable, versed, well-timed, wise, filled out, fully grown, in readiness, ripened |
| Antonyms: | immature, inexperienced, undeveloped, unripe |
| Main Entry: | sophisticated |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | cosmopolitan, cultured |
| Synonyms: | adult, artificial, blasé, bored, cool*, cynical, disenchanted, disillusioned, experienced, into*, jaded, knowing, laid-back*, mature, practical, practiced, refined, seasoned, sharp, skeptical, smooth, studied, suave, svelte, urbane, well-bred, with it*, worldly, been around, citified, couth, cultivated, in, in the know, jet-set, mondaine, on to, schooled, stagy, streetwise, switched on, uptown, wise to, wised up, world-weary, worldly wise |
| Antonyms: | naive, uncultivated, uncultured, unrefined, unsophisticated |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | naughty |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | obscene, vulgar |
| Synonyms: | adult, bawdy, blue*, dirty*, hot*, improper, lascivious, lewd, loose*, off-color*, pornographic, purple*, ribald, risqué, steamy |
| Antonyms: | clean, good, moral, pure |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | responsible |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | trustworthy, mature |
| Synonyms: | able, adult, capable, competent, conscientious, dependable, dutiful, effective, efficient, faithful, firm, levelheaded, loyal, qualified, rational, reliable, self-reliant, sensible, sober, sound, stable, steadfast, steady, tried, trusty, upright |
| Antonyms: | immature, irresponsible, untrustworthy |
| Main Entry: | big |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | grown |
| Synonyms: | adult, elder, full-grown, grown-up, mature, tall |
| Antonyms: | adolescent, baby, babyish, infant, infantile, juvenile |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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