grown

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UK/ɡɹəʊn/US/ɡɹoʊn/New Zealand/ˈɡɹɐʉn/New Zealand/ˈɡɹɐʉən/

adjective

Covered by growth; overgrown.

“grown woman/man/adult”

Similar
grown-assgrown upmatureadultbigfull-grownfully growngrownup
OriginMiddle English growen →
CommonScrabble 9
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Meanings

verb
  1. participlepastpast participle of grow
adjectivegrown (comparative more grown, superlative most grown)

comparative more grown · superlative most grown

  1. Covered by growth; overgrown.

    What once was a farm was grown with trees.

  2. USOf a person: adult.

    grown woman/man/adult

    1 more example

    Listen, I'm a grown woman, and I don't have time to deal with your petty teenage drama.

    Synonyms: grown-ass

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveOf a person: adult.

Similar
grown-ass
Similar
grown upmature

More synonyms by meaning

adjective(of animals) fully developed

Similar
adultbigfull-grownfully growngrownupmature
Also see
adultbigfull-growngrown-assgrown-upmature

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Middle Englishgrowen
  2. Englishgrown

From Middle English growen. Morphologically grow + -n.

More words from Middle English

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with grown

phoneownloanknownnoneshownunknownzonestonealonetonepensionclonejoanthrownlonecologneconeblownthroneproneJoanneMaloneSloan
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Sounds the same

groan (toe–tow merger) (except some NZ speakers)groan (toe–tow merger) (except some NZ speakers)

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

grown. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grown

MLA

“grown.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grown. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “grown,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grown.

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