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grown-up adjective

• adult.
• "Joe has two grown-up children"
Similar: adult, mature, of age, having reached one's majority, fully grown, full-grown, fully developed, fully fledged,
Opposite: infant, juvenile,

grown-up noun

• (especially in children's use) an adult.
• "I don't like it when grown-ups get all serious"
Similar: adult, grown person, grown-up person, mature person, woman, grown woman, mature woman, man, grown man, mature man, lady, gentleman,
Opposite: child,


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