adult

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of ADULT

relating to or typical of adults; displaying proper maturity <an adult reaction to the issue>

Synonyms grown-up, mature

Near Antonyms childish, infantile, kiddish

Antonyms adolescent, immature

dealing in or with explicitly sexual material <an adult magazine>

Synonyms mature, pornographic, porny, X-rated

Near Antonyms priggish, prim, prudish, puritanical, straitlaced (or straightlaced), Victorian; correct, decent, decorous, genteel, polite, proper, seemly

Antonyms clean, G-rated

fully grown or developed <insects that are butterflies in their adult stage>

Synonyms adult, full-blown, full-fledged, matured, ripe, ripened

Related Words aged, aging (or ageing), long-lived, old, older; golden, mellow

Near Antonyms blooming, blossoming, burgeoning, flourishing, flowering; undeveloped, unfinished, unfledged, unformed

Antonyms adolescent, green, immature, juvenile, unripe, unripened, young, youngish, youthful

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