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Antonyms for grown-up


Grammar : Adj, noun
Spell : grohn-uhp
Phonetic Transcription : ˈgroʊnˈʌp



Definition of grown-up

  • adj adult
  • noun adult
Example sentences :
  • That was her grown-up crinoline, swing-swinging as she went.
  • Extract from : « Life and Death of Harriett Frean » by May Sinclair
  • This fact is simply that a child is a nuisance to a grown-up person.
  • Extract from : « A Treatise on Parents and Children » by George Bernard Shaw
  • It was the first time that any one had addressed me by that grown-up title.
  • Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark
  • At last the grown-up sisters absorbed all of Mammy's spare time.
  • Extract from : « Southern Lights and Shadows » by Various
  • She treated her as an equal, as a grown-up woman of experience.
  • Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola
  • Oh to be allowed to operate properly, as grown-up people do!
  • Extract from : « Lotus Buds » by Amy Carmichael
  • The same people were there, and their own daughter was a grown-up girl, but Roma was gone.
  • Extract from : « The Eternal City » by Hall Caine
  • The boys say "how-do-you-do" and try to smile like grown-up folks.
  • Extract from : « The Great Hunger » by Johan Bojer
  • Jerry, this boy is my nephew Graham—he's not nearly as grown-up as he looks.
  • Extract from : « Highacres » by Jane Abbott
  • He was much interested, he had not realized that she was grown-up enough to teach.
  • Extract from : « Highacres » by Jane Abbott

Synonyms for grown-up

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