grown up
Speech parts
1. grown up - Noun
2. grown up - Adjective
3. grown up - Verb
Meaning
grown up
past participle of grow up
grown up (comparative more grown up, superlative most grown up)
Alternative form of grown-up
Adult, physically mature.
Of, pertaining to, or suitable for adults.
Having a mature outlook.
grown-up (plural grown-ups)
(often childish) An adult.
Alternative names
grown-up
Synonyms
Antonyms
Examples
We've had bad luck with children they've all grown up.
One cannot really be a Catholic and grown up.
English is an outrageous tangle of those derivations and other multifarious linguistic influences, from Yiddish to Shoshone, which has grown up around a gnarly core of chewy, clangorous yawps derived from ancestors who painted themselves blue to frighten their enemies.
He who is grown up should respect and love others.
He who has a son grown up should not call another a thief.
A fully grown up tree cannot be bent into a walking stick.