mature

mature

adjective

Definition of MATURE

1

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

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

Related Words aged, aging (or ageing), long-lived, old, older; golden, mellow

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

Antonyms adolescent, green, immature, juvenile, unripe, unripened, young, youngish, youthful

2

having reached the date at which payment is required <mature bonds>

Synonyms mature

Related Words delinquent, outstanding, overdue, owed, owing, receivable, unpaid, unsettled; payable

Near Antonyms cleared, liquidated, paid (off or up), repaid, settled; prepaid

Antonyms undue

3

relating to or typical of adults; displaying proper maturity <that wasn't a very mature response to my well-meaning criticism>

Synonyms grown-up, mature

Near Antonyms childish, infantile, kiddish

Antonyms adolescent, immature

4

dealing in or with explicitly sexual material <a mature talk show that is available only on pay-cable>

Synonyms mature, pornographic, porny, X-rated

Related Words hard-core, soft-core; bedroom, erotic (also erotical), sexy, suggestive; bawdy, coarse, crude, dirty, filthy, foul, gross, indecent, lascivious, lewd, lustful, nasty, obscene, ribald, salacious, smutty, unprintable, vulgar, wanton; immodest, kinky, prurient; earthy, racy, salty; indecorous, unbecoming; debasing, perverted, profane; naughty, wicked

Near Antonyms priggish, prim, prudish, puritanical, straitlaced (or straightlaced), Victorian; correct, decent, decorous, genteel, polite, proper, seemly

Antonyms clean, G-rated