Synonyms for premature
ˌpri məˈtʃʊər, -ˈtʊər, -ˈtyʊər; esp. Brit. ˌprɛm ə-pre·ma·ture

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1. premature

   Synonyms:
   hasty, crude, unauthenticated, untimely, precocious, precipitate, too early, rash, unseasonable

   Antonyms:
   ripe, timely, seasonable, opportune

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1. prematureadjective

   born after a gestation period of less than the normal time

   "a premature infant"

   Synonyms:
   previous(p), untimely

   Antonyms:
   late, middle, full-term

2. previous(p), prematureadjective

   too soon or too hasty

   "our condemnation of him was a bit previous"; "a premature judgment"

   Antonyms:
   full-term, middle, late

3. premature, untimelyadjective

   uncommonly early or before the expected time

   "illness led to his premature death"; "alcohol brought him to an untimely end"

   Synonyms:
   previous(p), ill-timed, untimely, wrong, unseasonable

   Antonyms:
   late, middle, full-term

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1. prematureadjective

   Synonyms:
   precocious, too forward, ripe too soon

2. prematureadjective

   Synonyms:
   unseasonable, too early

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1. List of paraphrases for "premature":

   preterm, pre-term, untimely, early, hasty, immature, precipitate, over-hasty, prematurely

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1. Nancy Pelosi:

   It was a very important vote on Iran and everyone wanted to be on the record, i think the gaveling was premature.

2. Clive Davis:

   From all my personal and professional experience with Whitney from Academy Award-nominee late teenage years to Academy Award-nominee tragic premature death, I know the full Whitney Houston story has not yet been told, i am so glad that Anthony McCarten has committed to a no holds barred, musically rich screenplay that finally reveals the whole Whitney whose vocal genius deeply affected the world while Academy Award-nominee fiercely battled the demons that were to be Academy Award-nominee undoing.

3. Shinichiro Kadota:

   ECB's QE continues to take a toll on the euro. Euro zone bond yields were thought to have mostly priced in the QE launch beforehand, but the magnitude of their decline has shown that such expectations were premature.

4. Isaac Asimov:

   To surrender to ignorance and call it God has always been premature, and it remains premature today.

5. Nicholas Robinson:

   It would be premature not seeing what Boeing has fully proposed yet to determine if simulator training will in fact be included.