Adult
Adult adjective - Relating to or typical of adults; displaying proper maturity.
Grown up
Mutual synonyms
Both terms in one sentence
- As fate will have it Philippe II of Spain will terrorize the Lower Countries as an adult and the grown up Eulenspiegel will lead the Dutch/Flemish resistance against the Spanish king.
Source: Significant Birth Date -
When Spencer starts playing pranks again as an adult, his sister Carly calls up the kids he blinded, now all grown up, for an intervention to stop him.
Source: Schoolyard Bully All Grown Up -
Department of Redundancy Department: "It's just a question of being mature, and grown up, and adult, and mature." Did I Just Say That Out Loud?
Source: Series / The Vicar of Dibley
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