adult: meaning and words from its letters
5 letters · 6 letter points · starts with A · ends with T
Meaning of adult
noun
An animal that is full-grown.
A person who has reached the legal age of majority.
Listed forms: adults.
Source: Wiktionary — adult.
adj
Fully grown.
Example: an adult human, animal, or plant
Intended for or restricted to adults rather than children due to size, maturity, knowledge level, judgement, etc.
Example: adult clothes; adult cereal; an adult documentary
Intended for or restricted to adults rather than children due to size, maturity, knowledge level, judgement, etc. Containing situations or discussions intended primarily for adults, such as serious crime, illicit drug use, extramarital affairs, etc.
Example: adult situations; adult discussions
Intended for or restricted to adults rather than children due to size, maturity, knowledge level, judgement, etc. Containing alcohol, intended for consumption only by adults.
Example: an adult drink; an adult root beer float
Source: Wiktionary — adult.
verb
- intransitive, slang
To behave like an adult.
Example: Adulting is hard!
- nonstandard, rare
To (cause to) be or become an adult.
Listed forms: adults, adulting, adulted.
Source: Wiktionary — adult.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for adult.
adjective
(of animals) fully developed
adjective
designed to arouse lust
noun
a fully developed person from maturity onward
- grownup
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is adult in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
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| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of adult
A(1) + D(2) + U(1) + L(1) + T(1) = 6 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of adult
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from adult
16 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in adult. Showing up to 24, longest first.