Usually means: Individuals matured in age, responsibility.
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We found 17 dictionaries that define the word ADULTS:

General (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. adults: Merriam-Webster
  2. adults: Collins English Dictionary
  3. adults: Vocabulary.com
  4. Adult's, Adults, adult's, adults: Wordnik
  5. adults: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. adults: Wiktionary
  7. adults: Dictionary.com
  8. adults: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. Adults, The Adults: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. Adults: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. adults: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. Adults: Legal dictionary
  3. Adults: Financial dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Adults: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. adults: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Adults: Medical dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. adults: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See adult as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (adult)

noun:  A fully grown human or other animal.
noun:  A person who has reached the legal age of majority.
adjective:  Fully grown.
adjective:  Intended for or restricted to adults rather than children due to size, maturity, knowledge level, judgement, etc.
adjective:  Containing situations or discussions intended primarily for adults, such as serious crime, illicit drug use, extramarital affairs, etc.
adjective:  (of a beverage) Containing alcohol, intended for consumption only by adults.
adjective:  (of a cookie, gummy, etc.) Containing marijuana, intended for consumption only by adults.
adjective:  Containing material of an explicit sexual nature; pornographic.
adjective:  Containing excessive vulgar or profane speech, text or images, intended only for adults.
verb:  (intransitive, slang) To behave like an adult.
verb:  (nonstandard, rare) To (cause to) be or become an adult.
▸ Also see adult


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