Dictionary entry details
• MATURE (adjective)
Meaning:
Characteristic of maturity
Context example:
mature for her age
Similar:
ripe (at the highest point of development especially in judgment or knowledge)
mellow; mellowed (having attained to kindliness or gentleness through age and experience)
autumnal (characteristic of late maturity verging on decline)
Antonym:
immature (characteristic of a lack of maturity)
Meaning:
Fully considered and perfected
Synonyms:
mature; matured
Context example:
mature plans
Similar:
developed (being changed over time so as to be e.g. stronger or more complete or more useful)
Meaning:
Having reached full natural growth or development
Context example:
a mature cell
Similar:
meridian; prime (being at the best stage of development)
overblown (past the stage of full bloom)
marriageable; nubile (of girls or women who are eligible to marry)
headed (of leafy vegetables; having formed into a head)
full-blown; matured (fully ripe; at the height of bloom)
fruiting (capable of bearing fruit)
abloom; efflorescent (bursting into flower)
adult; big; full-grown; fully grown; grown; grownup ((of animals) fully developed)
Also:
old ((used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age)
Attribute:
matureness; maturity (state of being mature; full development)
age (how long something has existed)
Antonym:
immature (not yet mature)
Meaning:
Fully developed or matured and ready to be eaten or used
Synonyms:
ripe; mature
Context examples:
ripe peaches / full-bodied mature wines
Similar:
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)
Meaning:
(of birds) having developed feathers or plumage; often used in combination
Synonyms:
fledged; mature
Similar:
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)
• MATURE (verb)
Meaning:
Develop and reach maturity; undergo maturation
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
mature; maturate; grow
Context examples:
He matured fast / The child grew fast
Hypernyms (to "mature" is one way to...):
develop (grow, progress, unfold, or evolve through a process of evolution, natural growth, differentiation, or a conducive environment)
"Mature" entails doing...:
age; get on; maturate; mature; senesce (grow old or older)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "mature"):
ripen (grow ripe)
find; find oneself (accept and make use of one's personality, abilities, and situation)
grow up (become an adult)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Sentence example:
Sam and Sue mature
Meaning:
Develop and work out fully in one's mind
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Context example:
I need to mature my thoughts
Hypernyms (to "mature" is one way to...):
develop; explicate; formulate (elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Become due for repayment
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Context example:
These bonds mature in 2005
Hypernyms (to "mature" is one way to...):
change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Meaning:
Cause to ripen or develop fully
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
ripen; mature
Context examples:
The sun ripens the fruit / Age matures a good wine
Hypernyms (to "mature" is one way to...):
alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)
Cause:
ripen (grow ripe)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Grow old or older
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
senesce; age; maturate; mature; get on
Context examples:
She aged gracefully / we age every day--what a depressing thought! / Young men senesce
Hypernyms (to "mature" is one way to...):
develop (grow, progress, unfold, or evolve through a process of evolution, natural growth, differentiation, or a conducive environment)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "mature"):
turn (become officially one year older)
fossilise; fossilize (become mentally inflexible)
dote (be foolish or senile due to old age)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Meaning:
Cause to ripen and discharge pus
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Synonyms:
suppurate; mature
Context example:
The oil suppurates the pustules
Hypernyms (to "mature" is one way to...):
draw (cause to localize at one point)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
