full-grownadjective
uk/ˌfʊlˈɡrəʊn/us/ˌfʊlˈɡroʊn/UK also fully grownPeople and other living things that are full-grown have finished their physical growth and will not grow taller:
A full-grown giraffe is 5.5 m tall.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Physically and mentally mature & immature
- adult
- ageing
- aging
- an old/a wise head on young shoulders idiom
- babyish
- grown up
- head
- immature
- infantile
- juvenile
- make a man (out) of sb idiom
- mature
- maturity
- overgrown
- petulant
- precocious
- precociously
- puerile
- retarded
- young
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