Entry Word: mature

Function: adjective

Meaning: 1 fully grown or developed <I like pears when they're still hard, before they're mature>

Synonyms adult, full-blown, full-fledged, full-grown, matured, ripe, ripened

Related Words aged, aging (or ageing), old; golden, mellow

Near Antonyms blooming, blossoming, burgeoning, flourishing, flowering; undeveloped, unfinished, unformed

Antonyms green, immature, juvenile, unripened, young, youthful

2 having reached the date at which payment is required <mature bonds> — see due 1