adult

/əˈdʌlt/

意味: 大人

例文: Haruki says, “Being an adult is optional.”
　　  ハルキは「大人になるのは任意」と言う。

言葉のよくある組み合わせ: young adult（若年成人）, adult supervision（大人の監督）, adult education（成人教育）

定義: 法的・社会的に「大人」と認められる年齢に達した人。身体的な成長だけでなく、責任ある行動が求められる存在を指します。

adultは約20,000語に1回程度の頻出度です。

口語性、形式性、抽象度、感情度

水平グラフ: 会話での使われやすさ、フォーマル度、抽象度（具体・概念）、感情度を示します。数値が高いほど、その特徴が強いことを表します。

感情分析

レーダーチャート: 怒り、期待、嫌悪、恐れ、喜び、悲しみ、驚き、信頼、ポジティブ、ネガティブの強さを示します。

　年代別単語頻度グラフ

このグラフは、1900年からの単語出現頻度の推移を示しています。値は ×10⁻⁸ スケールで表示されています。

　

Definitions(定義)

Noun: a fully developed person from maturity onward
Noun: any mature animal
Adjective: (of animals) fully developed
Adjective: designed to arouse lust

Parts of Speech(品詞)

Noun, Adjective

Examples(例文)

感情分析に使用された例文：

She became an adult last year.(彼女は去年大人になった。)
The movie is for adult audiences only.(その映画は成人向けです。)
Adult cats need special food.(成猫は特別な食事が必要だ。)

 

Word Netから抽出した例文：

Adjective: an adult animal
Adjective: a grown woman
Adjective: pornographic films and magazines
Adjective: adult movies

Synonyms/Antonyms(類語/反意語)

Synonyms(類語): adult, big, full-grown, fully grown, grown, grownup, pornographic

Antonyms(反意語): juvenile

Hypernyms/Hyponyms(上位語/下位語)

Hypernyms (General categories)(上位語): animal, person

Coordinate Terms(同じ上位語をもつもの): abator, abjurer, abomination, abstainer, achiever, acquaintance, acquirer, acrodont, active, actor, adjudicator, admirer, adoptee, adult, adventurer, adversary, advisee, advocate, affiant, african, agnostic, amateur, amerindian, ancient, anomaly, anti, anti-american, applicant, appointee, appreciator, apprehender, aquarius, archaist, aries, arrogator, assessee, asthmatic, authority, autodidact, baby boomer, baby buster, bad guy, bad person, baldhead, balker, bather, beard, bedfellow, bereaved, best, biped, birth, biter, black, blogger, blond, bluecoat, bodybuilder, bomber, brunet, bullfighter, buster, cancer, candidate, capitalist, capricorn, captive, captor, case, cashier, celebrant, censor, chameleon, changer, charmer, child, chordate, chutzpanik, closer, clumsy person, collector, color-blind person, combatant, commoner, communicator, complexifier, compulsive, computer user, contemplative, contestant, convert, copycat, counter, counterterrorist, coward, crawler, creator, creature, creditor, creepy-crawly, cripple, critter, dancer, darter, dead person, deaf person, debaser, debtor, defecator, delayer, deliverer, demander, dieter, differentiator, disentangler, disputant, dissenter, divider, domestic animal, domestic partner, double, dresser, dribbler, drug user, dyslectic, ectomorph, effecter, elizabethan, embryo, emotional person, endomorph, engineer, enjoyer, enrollee, entertainer, ethnic, experimenter, expert, explorer, extrovert, face, faddist, faller, fastener, feeder, female, fictional animal, fiduciary, first-rater, follower, free agent, friend, fugitive, gainer, gambler, game, gatekeeper, gatherer, gemini, gentile, giant, good guy, good person, granter, greeter, grinner, groaner, grunter, guesser, handicapped person, hater, herbivore, heterosexual, hexapod, homeotherm, homosexual, homunculus, hope, hoper, huddler, hugger, immune, individualist, inhabitant, innocent, insectivore, insured, intellectual, interpreter, introvert, invertebrate, jat, jew, jewel, jumper, junior, juvenile, killer, kink, kneeler, knocker, knower, large person, larva, latin, laugher, leader, learner, left-hander, leo, libra, life, lightning rod, linguist, literate, liver, longer, loose cannon, loved one, lover, machine, mailer, malcontent, male, man, man jack, manipulator, marine animal, married, masturbator, mate, measurer, mesomorph, mestizo, metazoan, middlebrow, migrator, miracle man, misogamist, mixed-blood, modern, molter, money handler, monolingual, mother hen, mouse, mutant, mutilator, namer, namesake, national, native, neglecter, neighbor, neutral, nondescript, nonmember, nonparticipant, nonpartisan, nonperson, nonreligious person, nonresident, nonsmoker, nonworker, nude, nurser, occultist, omnivore, optimist, orphan, ostrich, ouster, outcaste, outdoorsman, owner, pamperer, pansexual, pardoner, partner, party, passer, peeper, peer, perceiver, percher, person of color, personage, personification, perspirer, pest, pet, philosopher, picker, pisces, pisser, planner, player, pleurodont, poikilotherm, posturer, powderer, precursor, predator, preserver, prey, primitive, propositus, public relations person, pursuer, pussycat, quarter, quitter, racer, radical, range animal, realist, rectifier, redhead, registrant, relative, reliever, religious person, repeater, rescuer, rester, restrainer, revenant, rich person, right-hander, riser, romper, roundhead, ruler, rusher, sagittarius, scavenger, scientist, scorpio, scratcher, second-rater, seeder, seeker, segregate, self, sensualist, sentimentalist, sex object, sex symbol, shaker, showman, signer, simpleton, six-footer, skidder, slav, slave, sleepyhead, sloucher, small person, smasher, smiler, sneezer, sniffer, sniffler, snuffer, snuffler, socializer, sort, sounding board, sphinx, spitter, sport, sprawler, spurner, squinter, stayer, stifler, stigmatic, stooper, stranger, struggler, stunt, subject, supernumerary, surrenderer, survivalist, survivor, suspect, tagger, tapper, taurus, tempter, termer, terror, testator, thin person, third-rater, thoroughbred, thrower, tiger, totemist, toucher, transfer, transsexual, transvestite, traveler, trier, turner, tyrant, undoer, unfortunate, unskilled person, unwelcome person, user, vanisher, varmint, victim, victorian, virgo, visionary, visually impaired person, waiter, waker, walk-in, wanter, ward, warrior, watcher, weakling, weasel, white, wiggler, winker, withholder, witness, work animal, worker, worldling, yawner, young, zooplankton

Hyponyms (Specific examples)(下位語): brachycephalic, caregiver, catch, centrist, character, conservative, dolichocephalic, elder, ex-spouse, host, important person, jack of all trades, liberal, man, militarist, oldster, pacifist, patrician, pledgee, pledger, professional, sobersides, sophisticate, stay-at-home, stoic, thoroughbred, woman

Derivationally Related Words(派生語)

Derivationally Related Words: adult, adulthood, grownup, pornography

Categories(カテゴリー)

Domain Categories: general

Usage Category: common

Usage Context: descriptive

Grammatical Notes:

Prefixes/Suffixes(接頭辞/接尾辞)

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Suffixes(接尾辞):

Exam Level

中学レベル

英検3級

Media Appearance(メディア登場例)

Books(洋書): Atomic Habits, Holes

Movies(映画): Frozen, The Bad Guys

Other Information(その他)

Is Abstract?(抽象的な言葉?) No

Is Emotion Word?(感情的な言葉?) No

Emotion Categories: