adulting
Americannoun
Other Word Forms
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
“The cost of adulting is high,” said Will Smayda, head of financial centers at Bank of America.
From MarketWatch • May 21, 2026
A time when we didn’t worry and weren’t burdened with adulting.
From Salon • Apr. 25, 2026
Hopefully I’ll live a long time, and by the time they have to think about managing my affairs, they’ll know a lot more about adulting.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 30, 2025
But even with all that adulting, cooking, monogamy and poetry, the dude still couldn’t promise forever.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 29, 2024
I know the term adulting gets thrown around by my millennial cohort, but my husband and I, early 30s, are thinking about kids soon and realized we need to make some major changes.
From Slate • Feb. 5, 2024
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
