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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

adultlike en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin adolēscō Latin adultuslbor. French adultebor. English adult Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English adultlike From adult + -like.

Meanings

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

Forms

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more adultlike Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most adultlike Degree=Sup lexicographic

Antonyms

childlike

Hypernyms

anthropic

Hyponyms

mannish · elderly · mennish · womanly · manly · full-grown · mature · masculine · feminine · womannish

Relateds

for adults · unchildlike · nonchildlike

Synonyms

adult · grown up · adultlike · adulty