Search results
- Dictionarygrown-up
adjective
- 1. adult: "Joe has two grown-up children"
noun
- 1. (especially in children's use) an adult: "I don't like it when grown-ups get all serious"
Powered by Oxford Dictionaries
If you say that someone is grown up, you mean that they are an adult or that they behave in a responsible way: He seems very grown up for a ten-year-old. This book is a bit too grown up for you (= you are too young to understand this book ) .
- English (US)
GROWN UP meaning: 1. If you say that someone is grown up,...
- Maturity
MATURITY definition: 1. the quality of behaving mentally and...
- Grow Up
to behave like an adult; used to criticize someone who you...
- English (US)
A grown-up is an adult; used by or to children. Jan was almost a grown-up. Tell children to tell a grown-up if they're being bullied. Synonyms: adult, man, woman More Synonyms of grown-up. 2. adjective B2. Someone who is grown-up is physically and mentally mature and no longer depends on their parents or another adult.
Learn the meaning of grown-up as an adjective and a noun, with synonyms, examples, and word history. Find out how to use grown-up in a sentence and how it differs from adult.
to behave like an adult; used to criticize someone who you think is being silly or unreasonable: Everyone should just grow up and treat each other with respect. There are some players who need to grow up.
Grownup definition: . See examples of GROWNUP used in a sentence.
Grown-up definition: a mature, fully grown person; adult.. See examples of GROWN-UP used in a sentence.
1. having reached the age of maturity. 2. characteristic of or suitable for adults. [1625–35] grown′-up′ness, n. grown•up. (ˈgroʊnˌʌp) n. a fully grown person; adult. [1805–15] Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.
