| adulatory | (adjective) obsequiously complimentary | Synonyms: flattering |
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| adult | (adjective) (of animals) fully developed | Synonyms: big, full-grown, fully grown, grown, grownup |
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| (adjective) designed to arouse lust | Synonyms: pornographic |
| adulterant | (adjective) making impure or corrupt by adding extraneous materials | Synonyms: adulterating |
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| adulterate | (adjective) mixed with impurities | Synonyms: adulterated, debased |
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| adulterated | (adjective) mixed with impurities | Synonyms: adulterate, debased |
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| adulterating | (adjective) making impure or corrupt by adding extraneous materials | Synonyms: adulterant |
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| adulterine | (adjective) conceived in adultery | - |
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| adulterous | (adjective) characterized by adultery | Synonyms: extracurricular, extramarital |
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| (adjective) not faithful to a spouse or lover | Synonyms: cheating, two-timing |
| adumbrative | (adjective) indistinctly prophetic | Synonyms: foreshadowing, prefigurative |
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| adust | (adjective) burned brown by the sun | - |
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| (adjective) dried out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlight | Synonyms: baked, parched, scorched, sunbaked |
| caducean | (adjective) of or relating to a caduceus | - |
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| caducous | (adjective) shed at an early stage of development | Synonyms: shed |
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| extradural | (adjective) on or outside the dura mater | Synonyms: epidural |
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| gradual | (adjective) proceeding in small stages | - |
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| (adjective) (of a topographical gradient) not steep or abrupt | - |
| graduate | (adjective) of or relating to studies beyond a bachelor's degree | Synonyms: postgraduate |
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| graduated | (adjective) marked with or divided into degrees | Synonyms: calibrated |
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| (adjective) taking place by degrees | Synonyms: gradational, gradatory |
| postgraduate | (adjective) of or relating to studies beyond a bachelor's degree | Synonyms: graduate |
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| unadulterated | (adjective) not mixed with impurities | - |
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| (adjective) without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers | Synonyms: arrant, complete, consummate, double-dyed, everlasting, gross, perfect, pure, sodding, staring, stark, thorough, thoroughgoing, utter |