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adultlike

adultlike adjective: resembling or characteristic of an adult.

Adjective

adultlike (comparative more adultlike, superlative most adultlike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of an adult
    • I wanted to do something adultlike.1988 January 29, S.L. Wisenberg, “Sorority Rush”, in Chicago Reader
    Synonyms:
    adult, adulty, grown up

Synonyms of adultlike

Antonyms

Forms of adultlike

comparativemore adultlike
superlativemost adultlike

Origin of adultlike

From adult + -like.

Questions about adultlike

What does adultlike mean?
Adultlike means resembling or characteristic of an adult.
What part of speech is adultlike?
Adultlike is an adjective.

Words near adultlike in the dictionary

  1. adultization
  2. adultize
  3. adultized
  4. adultizes
  5. adultizing
  6. adultlike
  7. adultly
  8. adultnap
  9. adultnapped
  10. adultnapping
  11. adultnaps

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