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Adjectives commonly used to describe "adult" — vivid descriptors for richer, more specific prose.
(adj)
In the early part of growth or life; born not long ago.
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elderly
Usual, healthy; not sick or ill or unlike oneself.
(n)
(statistics) Any measure of central tendency, especially any mean, the median, or the mode.
Enjoying good health; free from disease or disorder.
Fully developed; grown up in terms of physical appearance, behaviour or thinking; ripe.
Belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or to the gender which is typically associated with it.
(not comparable) Of or belonging to the species Homo sapiens or its closest relatives.
Not accompanied by anything else; one in number.
Having sufficient skill, knowledge, ability, or qualifications.
Belonging to the sex which typically produces eggs (ova), or to the gender which is typically associated with it.
Official.
Not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free.
Normal, average; to be expected.
Old.
A small version of something; a model of reduced scale.
(colloquial, derogatory, offensive) Extremely stupid; obtuse
One who is younger than another.
Of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright.
Most commonly occurring; typical.
Suitable or fit; proper; felicitous.
Having the power or quality of acting; causing change; communicating action or motion; acting;—opposed to passive, that receives.
old; having lived for relatively many years.
(US) Of a person: adult.
Indicative of unkind or malevolent intentions; harsh, cruel.
Having a disability.
Having a certain size. Usually used in combination with an adverb or a noun.
Known to one, or generally known; commonplace.
(v)
(US, informal) To substitute for.
Resulting in success; assuring or promoting success; accomplishing what was proposed; having the desired effect.
(US) Of or pertaining to a student's final academic year at a high school (twelfth grade) or university.
Relying upon; depending upon.
Not normal; odd, unusual, surprising, out of the ordinary, often with a negative connotation.
Having wings.
A centre, midpoint.
Providing support.
Unable (or partially able) to hear.
Having no husband or wife.
Capable of reasoning.
Having or showing interest (attention or curiosity).
Higher in rank, status, or quality.
Strange, not familiar.
Having a highly developed society or culture; belonging to civilization.
More or most likely to be exposed to the chance of being attacked or harmed, either physically or emotionally.
Childish in behavior; juvenile.
Self-governing. Intelligent, sentient, self-aware, thinking, feeling, governing independently.
Suffering from an injury
(rail transport) The station code of Prince Edward in Hong Kong.
Having a bodily form; corporeal or incarnate.
Able to read and write; having literacy.
Generally warm, approachable and easy to relate with in character.
(not comparable) Beyond what is due, usual, expected, or necessary; extraneous; additional; supernumerary.
Having experience and skill in a subject.
Lacking the degree of ability and responsibility necessary to do a task successfully.
Of, related to, feeling, showing, or characterized by sympathy.
Similar or identical in value, meaning or effect; virtually equal.
Which has been compensated in order to avoid bias.
Of a person: having obtained worldly experience, and lacking naiveté; cosmopolitan, worldly-wise.
Showing good judgement or the benefit of experience.
(India) A disabled person.
Capable of producing something, especially in abundance; fertile.
A person who is in adolescence; someone who has reached puberty but is not yet an adult.
(informal) Overly anxious.