grownup

Speech parts

1. grownup - Noun

2. grownup - Adjective

3. grownup - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

a fully developed person from maturity onward

(of animals) fully developed

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Examples

A grownup is a child with layers on. Woody Harrelson

When I was very young every grownup was a hero. It's been all downhill since then, and I have only two left. Peter S. Beagle

Being a grownup means assuming responsibility for yourself, for your children, and - here's the big curve - for your parents. Wendy Wasserstein

She was not a slowpoke grownup. She was a girl who could not wait. Life was so interesting she had to find out what happened next. Beverly Cleary

A child's fear is a world whose dark corners are quite unknown to grownup people; it has its sky and its abysses, a sky without stars, abysses into which no light can ever penetrate. Julien Green

She's got the grownup blues Tight dresses and lipstick She's sportin' high-heeled shoes Oh but tomorrow morning She'll have to change her trend And be sweet sixteen And back in class again. Chuck Berry

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