fully fledged

Questions about fully fledged

What does fully fledged mean?

fully fledged means "(of a bird) having reached full development with fully grown adult plumage; ready to fly". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for fully fledged?

Close synonyms include full-fledged, full-fledged. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is fully fledged a common word?

fully fledged is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.