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adult
noun as in a mature, fully grown person
Example Sentences
As an adult, it was in the form of what he called "microaggressions" - being asked "where are you really from?" - where the intent behind the words is difficult to prove.
Her two children, Jackson and Jesse, are scraggly moppets in some scenes and almost adults in others.
Hannibal Gaddafi was only two at the time and held no senior position in Libya as an adult.
Studies show that about 60% of adults in the United States diagnosed with major depression and roughly two-thirds of those who attempt suicide experienced some form of trauma or adversity during childhood.
More than 10 million adults in the United States have been diagnosed, and experts estimate that as many as one in three people may experience the condition at some point in their lives.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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