legal age

NOUN

age of maturity

Synonyms

STRONGEST

voting age

WEAK

adultness age of consent drinking age driving age full age full growth legalis homo majority man's or woman's estate maturation mature age matureness

Example Sentences

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Around 25% of women living in India were married before they were of legal age, according to the children's charity Unicef.

From BBC • Feb. 21, 2026

France meanwhile ran foul of European Union rules with a law calling for a "digital legal age" of 15, passed in 2023, that has since been blocked.

From Barron's • Dec. 31, 2025

The self-taught racer made it in 2016, when he was 18 and of NASCAR’s legal age to compete in a full season of Truck Series competition.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 20, 2024

Britain’s government raised the legal age of sale for tobacco from 16 to 18 in 2007.

From Washington Times • Oct. 4, 2023

Charlie was of legal age to quit school, but I wasn’t, quite.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck