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Definition of mature

characteristic of maturity

"mature for her age"

Synonyms:: autumnal
characteristic of late maturity verging on decline; mellow, mellowed
having attained to kindliness or gentleness through age and experience; ripe
at the highest point of development especially in judgment or knowledge

Antonyms:: immature
characteristic of a lack of maturity; adolescent, jejune, juvenile, puerile
displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity; babyish
characteristic of a baby; childish, infantile
indicating a lack of maturity; show more antonyms...

fully considered and perfected

"mature plans"

Synonyms:: matured; developed
being changed over time so as to be e.g. stronger or more complete or more useful

having reached full natural growth or development

"a mature cell"

Synonyms:: old
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age; adult, big, full-grown, fully grown, grown, grownup
(of animals) fully developed; abloom, efflorescent
bursting into flower; fruiting
capable of bearing fruit; full-blown, matured
fully ripe; at the height of bloom; headed
of leafy vegetables; having formed into a head; marriageable, nubile
of girls or women who are eligible to marry; overblown
past the stage of full bloom; meridian, prime
being at the best stage of development

Antonyms:: immature
not yet mature; premature
born after a gestation period of less than the normal time; young
(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth; adolescent
in the state of development between puberty and maturity; embryologic, embryonal, embryonic
of an organism prior to birth or hatching; inchoative
beginning to develop; larval
immature of its kind; especially being or characteristic of immature insects in the newly hatched wormlike feeding stage; prepubertal, prepubescent
(especially of human beings) at the age immediately before puberty; often marked by accelerated growth; prepupal
of an inactive stage in the development of some insects, between the larval and the pupal stages; pubescent
(of animals especially human beings) having arrived at the onset of puberty (the age at which sex glands become functional) but not yet fully mature; pupal
of the insects in the chrysalis (cocoon) or post larval stage; underdeveloped
not yet fully developed; show more antonyms...

fully developed or matured and ready to be eaten or used

"full-bodied mature wines"

Synonyms:: ripe; aged, ripened
of wines, fruit, cheeses; having reached a desired or final condition; (`aged' pronounced as one syllable); mellow, mellowed
having a full and pleasing flavor through proper aging; overripe
too ripe and beginning to turn soft

Antonyms:: green
not fully developed or mature; not ripe; immature, unripe, unripened; unaged
not subjected to an aging process; show more antonyms...

(of birds) having developed feathers or plumage; often used in combination

Synonyms:: fledged; fledgeling, fledgling
(of a young bird) having acquired its flight feathers; full-fledged, fully fledged
(of a bird) having reached full development with fully grown adult plumage; ready to fly

Antonyms:: unfledged
(of birds) not yet having developed feathers; immature; unfeathered
not having feathers; show more antonyms...

develop and reach maturity; undergo maturation

"He matured fast"

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grow ripe; find, find oneself
accept and make use of one's personality, abilities, and situation; grow up
become an adult; come of age
reach a certain age that marks a transition to maturity