full-fledged

Adjective
Synonyms: fully fledged

Open English WordNet

Adjective (2)

  1. (of a bird) having reached full development with fully grown adult plumage; ready to flySynonyms: fully fledgedOpposite immatureSimilar fledged, mature
  2. (of persons, e.g.) having gained full status“a full-fledged lawyer”“by the age of seventeen I was a full-fledged atheist”“sees itself as a fully fledged rival party”Synonyms: fully fledgedOpposite inexperiencedSimilar experienced, experient
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

full-fledged adjective

1. having reached full development with fully grown adult plumage; ready to fly; — of a bird. fledgling Syn. — fully fledged.

2. having gained full status; — of persons in respect to human roles; as, a full-fledged lawyer; by the age of seventeen I was a full-fledged atheist. Syn. — fully fledged.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54 · with additions: WordNet 1.5

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