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Synonyms for mature
məˈtʊər, -ˈtyʊər, -ˈtʃʊər, -ˈtʃɜrma·ture
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Wiktionary
matureverb
Fully developed; grown up in terms of physical appearance, behaviour or thinking; ripe.
She is quite mature for her age.
matureadjective
Profound; careful.
The headmaster decided to expel the boy after a mature consideration.
Antonyms:
superficial
Princeton's WordNet
matureadjective
characteristic of maturity
"mature for her age"
Synonyms:
matured, ripe, fledgedAntonyms:
embryonic, adolescent, childish, embryonal, prepubescent, juvenile, jejune, inchoative, puerile, larval, pubescent, underdeveloped, immature, prepubertal, pupal, babyish, prepupal, undeveloped, embryologic, infantilemature, maturedadjective
fully considered and perfected
"mature plans"
Synonyms:
matured, full-blown, ripe, fledgedAntonyms:
adolescent, juvenile, embryonic, prepupal, pupal, immature, undeveloped, infantile, puerile, childish, embryonal, prepubescent, prepubertal, underdeveloped, pubescent, inchoative, larval, babyish, embryologic, jejunematureadjective
having reached full natural growth or development
"a mature cell"
Synonyms:
matured, ripe, fledgedAntonyms:
immature, juvenile, underdeveloped, embryologic, infantile, pubescent, embryonal, pupal, adolescent, prepubertal, prepubescent, prepupal, childish, puerile, inchoative, larval, jejune, undeveloped, babyish, embryonicripe, matureadjective
fully developed or matured and ready to be eaten or used
"ripe peaches"; "full-bodied mature wines"
Synonyms:
advanced, fledged, good, ripe, ripe(p), right, maturedAntonyms:
prepubertal, larval, embryonic, prepupal, childish, underdeveloped, babyish, embryologic, juvenile, undeveloped, puerile, pubescent, jejune, infantile, immature, prepubescent, pupal, adolescent, embryonal, inchoativefledged, matureverb
(of birds) having developed feathers or plumage; often used in combination
Synonyms:
matured, vaned, fledged, ripeAntonyms:
immature, inchoative, infantile, undeveloped, prepubescent, pubescent, larval, pupal, adolescent, juvenile, prepubertal, puerile, prepupal, underdeveloped, babyish, jejune, embryologic, embryonic, childish, embryonalmature, maturate, growverb
develop and reach maturity; undergo maturation
"He matured fast"; "The child grew fast"
Synonyms:
turn, age, grow, farm, produce, spring up, suppurate, acquire, arise, senesce, rise, develop, ripen, originate, fester, maturate, get, uprise, raise, get onAntonyms:
larval, infantile, puerile, adolescent, embryonal, childish, prepubescent, immature, prepupal, undeveloped, inchoative, prepubertal, babyish, jejune, underdeveloped, pubescent, juvenile, embryologic, embryonic, pupalmatureverb
develop and work out fully in one's mind
"I need to mature my thoughts"
Synonyms:
ripen, suppurate, grow, maturate, get on, senesce, ageAntonyms:
undeveloped, infantile, pupal, prepubertal, embryologic, immature, prepubescent, juvenile, adolescent, jejune, larval, underdeveloped, embryonic, embryonal, inchoative, puerile, childish, pubescent, prepupal, babyishmatureverb
become due for repayment
"These bonds mature in 2005"
Synonyms:
ripen, suppurate, grow, maturate, get on, senesce, ageAntonyms:
underdeveloped, immature, babyish, prepupal, undeveloped, puerile, pupal, jejune, prepubescent, prepubertal, embryonic, inchoative, juvenile, embryologic, pubescent, childish, adolescent, infantile, embryonal, larvalripen, matureverb
cause to ripen or develop fully
"The sun ripens the fruit"; "Age matures a good wine"
Synonyms:
ripen, suppurate, age, get on, senesce, maturate, growAntonyms:
immature, jejune, prepupal, pubescent, adolescent, babyish, prepubescent, puerile, infantile, larval, childish, embryonic, pupal, prepubertal, underdeveloped, embryologic, juvenile, inchoative, undeveloped, embryonalsenesce, age, get on, mature, maturateverb
grow old or older
"She aged gracefully"; "we age every day--what a depressing thought!"; "Young men senesce"
Synonyms:
get on, age, shape up, progress, bestride, come on, grow, climb on, be on, suppurate, board, come along, senesce, get along, get along with, mount up, get on with, advance, jump on, fester, ripen, mount, maturate, hop onAntonyms:
inchoative, undeveloped, prepubertal, immature, juvenile, adolescent, babyish, larval, pupal, underdeveloped, jejune, embryologic, embryonal, embryonic, puerile, infantile, pubescent, prepupal, childish, prepubescentsuppurate, matureverb
cause to ripen and discharge pus
"The oil suppurates the pustules"
Synonyms:
get on, fester, age, ripen, senesce, suppurate, maturate, growAntonyms:
larval, infantile, pupal, adolescent, childish, juvenile, babyish, embryonic, underdeveloped, jejune, inchoative, immature, prepubescent, prepubertal, puerile, pubescent, embryologic, prepupal, undeveloped, embryonal
Editors Contribution
grow
it is a verb.
the puppy will mature over the summer.
grow upverb
to grow older and be calmer and less childish
you are now mature
Submitted by Lisafalzone2011 on June 6, 2022responsibity
Dictionary of English Synonymes
matureadjective
Synonyms:
perfected by time, complete, perfect, ripematureadjective
Synonyms:
prepared, ready, well-considered, well-digestedmatureverb
Synonyms:
ripenmatureverb
Synonyms:
perfect, bring to perfection, bring to maturitymatureverb
Synonyms:
become ripe
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Words popularity by usage frequency
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#77 | get | |
#155 | good | |
#234 | right | |
#345 | board | |
#443 | advanced | |
#580 | age | |
#821 | adult | |
#1007 | turn | |
#1092 | mature | |
#1482 | develop | |
#1717 | farm | |
#1728 | progress | |
#1837 | advance | |
#2206 | mount | |
#2273 | produce | |
#2426 | adults | |
#2703 | rise | |
#2923 | grow | |
#3551 | raise | |
#6621 | ripe | |
#6642 | sophisticated | |
#6810 | acquire | |
#7087 | arise | |
#10306 | maturity | |
#21569 | originate | |
#31433 | fledged | |
#32312 | matured | |
#48645 | maduro | |
#65731 | fester | |
#68821 | ripen | |
#93989 | ripeness | |
#207890 | uprise |
How to use mature in a sentence?
What we found was very interesting -- we found that Bald's eyesalve is incredibly potent as an anti-Staphylococcal antibiotic in this context, we were going from a mature, established population of a few billion cells, all stuck together in this highly protected biofilm coat, to really just a few thousand cells left alive. This is a massive, massive killing ability.
Don't discard your inner child in haste, rushing to mature too quickly.
We really didn't worry that something would go wrong ... because he has proven how responsible he is, unfortunately, I can't say the same about our triplets, now 17, who we have deemed not to be mature enough to be left alone overnight, much less for a week while we travel abroad because they tend to be unintentionally careless.
I am entirely persuaded that the American public is more reasonable, restrained and mature than most of the broadcast industry's planners believe. Their fear of controversy is not warranted by the evidence.
They are more mature than some other of our potential adversaries, and I think they have some stated intents that concern me in terms of how the Cold War ended, they have shown some significant capability in Ukraine to do operations that are fairly sophisticated, and so, for me, I think we should pay a lot of attention.
Translations for mature
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- راشد, معتق, ناضجArabic
- madur, madurar, raonat, vencer, madura, raonadaCatalan, Valencian
- dospělý, zralýCzech
- reiflich, gereift, reifen, reifGerman
- maturaEsperanto
- vencer, madurar, maduro, curadoSpanish
- zoriBasque
- syvällinen, kypsä, kypsyä, huolellinenFinnish
- mûr, mûre, mature, s'affiner, mûrir, arriver à échéanceFrench
- foirfeIrish
- abaich, inbheachScottish Gaelic
- հասունArmenian
- adulteskarIdo
- maturo, maturareItalian
- 円熟, 成熟, 成長Japanese
- maturusLatin
- pakekeMāori
- vervallen, volwassen worden, rijpenDutch
- dojrzałyPolish
- amadurecer, maduroPortuguese
- maturRomanian
- развитой, зрeлый, разумный, продуманный, взрослыйRussian
- mogna, mogenSwedish
- முதிர்ந்தTamil
- tekamül etmek, oldurmak, reşit, ergin, olgunlaşmak, olgun, vadesi gelmek, kamil, erişkin, yetişkin, erginleşmekTurkish
- 成熟Chinese
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