grown-up
adjectivenouncommon in dialogue
- United States
Adult, physically mature.
adjective
- 1
Adult, physically mature.
- 2
Of, pertaining to, or suitable for adults.
- 3
Having a mature outlook.
noun
- 1
An adult.
They stayed together during three dances, went out on to the terrace, explored wherever they were permitted to explore, paid two visits to the buffet, and enjoyed themselves much in the same way as if they had been school-children surreptitiously breaking loose from an assembly of grown-ups.
Do you think the grown-ups will have the world fixed up by the time they hand it over to us?
Because we're grown-ups now, and it's our turn to decide what that means.
Forms
- plural
- grown-ups
- comparative
- more grown-up
- superlative
- most grown-up
growl · A deep, rumbling, threatening sound made in the throat by an…growling · Producing a growl.grown · Covered by growth; overgrown.
grown-up · Adult, physically mature.
growth · An increase in size, number, value, or strength.grub · An insect, especially a beetle, at an immature stage of its…Gruber · A surname.