Definition of adult

"adult" in the noun sense

1. adult, grownup

a fully developed person from maturity onward

2. adult

any mature animal

"adult" in the adjective sense

1. adult, big, full-grown, fully grown, grown, grownup

of animals) fully developed

"an adult animal"

"a grown woman"

2. pornographic, adult

designed to arouse lust

"pornographic films and magazines"

"adult movies"

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Quotations for adult

Flowers so strictly belong to youth, that we adult men soon come to feel that their beautiful generations concern not us; we have had our day; now let the children have theirs. [ R. W. Emerson ]

adult in Scrabble®

The word adult is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 6

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters adult:

ADULT
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All Scrabble® Plays For The Word adult

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The 154 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In adult

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adult in Words With Friends™

The word adult is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 8

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays In The Letters adult:

ADULT
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ADULT
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All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word adult

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The 173 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In adult

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Words within the letters of adult

2 letter words in adult (4 words)

3 letter words in adult (3 words)

4 letter words in adult (2 words)

5 letter words in adult (1 word)

adult + 1 blank (3 words)

Word Growth involving adult

Shorter words in adult

ad

Longer words containing adult

adulterant adulterants

adulterate adulterated nonadulterated

adulterate adulterated unadulterated unadulteratedly

adulterate adulterated unadulterated unadulteratedness

adulterate adulterates

adulterate unadulterate unadulterated unadulteratedly

adulterate unadulterate unadulterated unadulteratedness

adulterate unadulterate unadulterately

adulterating

adulteration adulterations unadulterations

adulteration unadulteration unadulterations

adulterator adulterators

adulterer adulterers

adulteress adulteresses

adulteries

adulterisation adulterisations

adulterise adulterised

adulterise adulterises

adulterising

adulterism

adulterization adulterizations

adulterize adulterized

adulterize adulterizes

adulterizing

adulterous adulterously unadulterously

adulterous adulterousness

adulterous nonadulterous

adulterous unadulterous unadulterously

adultery

adultescent adultescents

adulthood adulthoods

adultlike

adultly

adultness

adultress adultresses

adults nonadults

adults subadults

nonadult nonadulterated

nonadult nonadulterous

nonadult nonadults

subadult subadults