GROWNUP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does grownup mean? 

• GROWNUP (noun)
  The noun GROWNUP has 1 sense:

1. a fully developed person from maturity onward

  Familiarity information: GROWNUP used as a noun is very rare.

• GROWNUP (adjective)
  The adjective GROWNUP has 1 sense:

1. (of animals) fully developed

  Familiarity information: GROWNUP used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GROWNUP (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A fully developed person from maturity onward

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

adult; grownup

Hypernyms ("grownup" is a kind of...):

individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)

Meronyms (parts of "grownup"):

adult body (the body of an adult human being)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "grownup"):

liberal (a person who favors an economic theory of laissez-faire and self-regulating markets)

adult female; woman (an adult female person (as opposed to a man))

thoroughbred (a well-bred person)

stoic; unemotional person (someone who is seemingly indifferent to emotions)

homebody; stay-at-home (a person who seldom goes anywhere; one not given to wandering or travel)

man of the world; sophisticate (a worldly-wise person)

sobersides (a serious and sedate individual)

professional; professional person (a person engaged in one of the learned professions)

pledger (someone who makes or gives a pledge)

pledgee (someone to whom a pledge is made or someone with whom something is deposited as a pledge)

patrician (a person of refined upbringing and manners)

disarmer; pacificist; pacifist (someone opposed to violence as a means of settling disputes)

golden ager; old person; oldster; senior citizen (an elderly person)

militarist; warmonger (a person who advocates war or warlike policies)

adult male; man (an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman))

brachycephalic (an adult with a short broad head)

liberal; liberalist; progressive (a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties)

Jack of all trades (a person able to do a variety of different jobs acceptably well)

important person; influential person; personage (a person whose actions and opinions strongly influence the course of events)

host (a person who invites guests to a social event (such as a party in his or her own home) and who is responsible for them while they are there)

fascist (an adherent of fascism or other authoritarian views)

ex-spouse (a person who was formerly a spouse)

elder; senior (a person who is older than you are)

dolichocephalic (an adult with a long narrow head)

conservative; conservativist (a person who is reluctant to accept changes and new ideas)

case; character; eccentric; type (a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities))

centrist; middle of the roader; moderate; moderationist (a person who takes a position in the political center)

catch; match (a person regarded as a good matrimonial prospect)

caregiver (a person who is responsible for attending to the needs of a child or dependent adult)

Derivation:

grownup ((of animals) fully developed)

• GROWNUP (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(of animals) fully developed

Synonyms:

adult; big; full-grown; fully grown; grown; grownup

Context example:

a grown woman

Similar:

mature (having reached full natural growth or development)

Domain category:

animal; animate being; beast; brute; creature; fauna (a living organism characterized by voluntary movement)

Derivation:

grownup (a fully developed person from maturity onward)