fully fledged
/ˌfʊli ˈflɛdʒd
/adjective British
1Completely developed or established; of full status: David had become a fully fledged pilot...
- Now, with more than 2100 flying hours logged up, he said he has finally achieved his ultimate goal - that of becoming a fully fledged airline pilot.
- While the local music industry is struggling, piracy has steadily grown into a fully fledged, parallel industry in its own right, one which reaps where it did not sow with arrogant impunity.
- Cella today becomes official, her conferrals are after taking place and she's been out in the robes, now a fully fledged and qualified teacher!
Synonyms
mature, adult, grown-up, grown, fully grown, full-grown, fully developed
trained, qualified, proficient;
experienced, time-served;
mature, fully developed, full grown, full scale, full blown
2(Of a bird) having developed all its feathers and able to fly.Ichthyosaurs first appeared in the Early Triassic as fully fledged aquatic animals with no obvious ancestral forms.
- plano-spherical
- planospiral
- planospore
- plan position indicator
- plansheer
- plansifter
- planster
- plant
- plantable
- plantad
- plantage
- Plantagenet
- plantaginaceous
- plantain
- plantain-eater
- plantain flour
- plantain lily
- plantain meal
- plantain shoreweed
- plantain walk
- plantain-water
- plant-animal
- plantar
- plantar fasciitis
- plantar fascitis