Usually means: Mature adult with responsibilities, wisdom.
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We found 15 dictionaries that define the word grown-up:

General (14 matching dictionaries)
  1. grown-up: Merriam-Webster
  2. grown-up: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. grown-up: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. grown-up, grown-up: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Grown-Up, Grown-up, grown-up: Wordnik
  6. grown-up: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. grown-up: Wiktionary
  8. grown-up: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. grown-up: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. grown-up: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. grown-up: Dictionary.com
  12. grown-up: TheFreeDictionary.com

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Grown-up, the grown-up: Urban Dictionary

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▸ adjective:  Adult, physically mature.
▸ adjective:  Of, pertaining to, or suitable for adults.
▸ adjective:  Having a mature outlook.
▸ noun:  (often childish) An adult.

Similar:
grown, older-aged, geriatric, older, afterborn, A-IV, adulterine, child-bearing, parental, maiden, more...

Opposite:
childish, immature, juvenile, puerile

Types:
adult, teenager, teen, child, infant, toddler, baby, more...

Phrases:
Grown-Up Christmas List, more...

Colors:
    charcoal,     burgundy,     olive,     taupe,     maroon, more...



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Similar:
grown, older-aged, geriatric, older, afterborn, A-IV, adulterine, child-bearing, parental, maiden, more...

Opposite:
childish, immature, juvenile, puerile

Types:
adult, teenager, teen, child, infant, toddler, baby, more...

Phrases:
Grown-Up Christmas List, more...

Colors:
    charcoal,     burgundy,     olive,     taupe,     maroon, more...



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