grownup in English

adjective

1

adult.

Joe is married with two grown-up daughters

synonyms: adult, mature, of age, fully grown, full-grown, fully developed

noun

1

an adult (especially a child's word).

I don't like it when grown-ups get all serious

synonyms: adult, (grown) woman, (grown) man, mature woman, mature man

noun

adult

adjective

adult, mature, of age, fully grown, full-grown, fully developed

noun

adult, (grown) woman, (grown) man, mature woman, mature man

Use "grownup" in a sentence

1. Isonym unreconciling grownup Bodefully Atli

2. It's the grownup way to resolve our differences.

3. Grownup, able to handle things, like the truth, and getting hit with blocks.

4. Bienness A grownup hot chocolate and zest all ready and line out of mine

5. She cocked her head to one side with a sly smile, like a toddler Coaxing a treat from a grownup

6. But there's also the fact that when I was a kid (he said Crotchetily) there wasn't any of this Teen Fiction nonsense, there were kids' books and grownup books and once I passed thirteen I read grownup books except for occasional return trips to Narnia or Middle-Earth.

7. Characterized by, showing, or resulting from shyness, self-consciousness, or awkwardness: "He had polite Bashful manners and a low grownup voice" (John Dos Passos)

8. It's an irrefutable law of nature, as powerful as gravity, to which no one seems immune: Put an infant into the arms of even the most grown-up grownup, and soft Cooing and baby talk will soon