Adult and Minor

Opposite meaning words

Adult noun - A fully grown person.

Usage example: at the beach, the adults sat under broad umbrellas while the children splashed in the water

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Minor is an antonym for adult.

Minor noun - A young person of either sex.

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Adult is an antonym for minor in topics: insignificant, person under legal age of maturity.

Nearby Words: minority, Minorite

human	human adult	human minor
female	female adult	female minor
normal	normal adult	normal minor
small	small adult	small minor
Other adjectives: real, male, professional, random, last.

To compare, the adult Muppets: Oscar, Bert, Ernie, and the host of minor Muppets over the years, tend to be the ones giving advice instead of taking it.

Source: Most Writers Are Human
The corruption of a minor is done by a psychopath who is actually slightly younger than her, but has the mind of an adult and the manipulation skills of a chessmaster.

Source: Corruption of a Minor
This drops when the minor's account reaches their seventeenth birthday, although the service may ask that if a tied-in adult account could permit the account's upgrade from minor to adult.

Source: Mature Rating

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