grown

adjective

ˈgrōn 

1

: fully grown : mature

grown men and women

2

: covered or surrounded with vegetation

land well grown with trees

3

a

: cultivated or produced in a specified way or locality

—used in combination

shade-grown tobacco

b

: overgrown with

—used in combination

a weed-grown patio

Synonyms of grown

• lush
• green
• dense
• fertile
• overgrown
• leafy

Examples of grown in a Sentence

It's a job that requires a grown man.

a field lavishly grown with poppies

Recent Examples on the Web

The hard drive alone contained nearly 500 gigabytes of files and thousands of explicit videos and images of children, including one roughly nine-minute video of a toddler performing oral sex on a grown man, court documents show. — Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 6 Aug. 2026

The point is a grown man being paid millions of dollars to perform professionally doesn’t need his parents driving around in cars listening to radio criticism and then calling the station in their defense. — Barry Svrluga, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026

Their grown son and daughter, with grown children of their own, also missed the funeral. — Jeanne Phillips, Mercury News, 3 Aug. 2026

My grown children come to visit expecting to take a few bottles of that dressing home with them. — Anne Byrn, Southern Living, 1 Aug. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1645, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing grown

• full-grown
• grown-up
• moss-grown
• shade-grown

Rhymes for grown

• blown
• clone
• cone
• crone
• drone
• flown
• groan
• hone
• joan
• jone
• known
• loan

Kids Definition

grown

adjective

ˈgrōn 

: fully grown : adult

a grown man