maturity

maturity

noun

Definition of MATURITY

1

the state of being fully grown or developed <people are legally considered to have reached maturity at the age of 18 in the United States>

Synonyms adulthood, adultness, majority

Related Words manhood, womanhood; bloom, flush, heyday, prime; autumn, middle age, midlife

Near Antonyms babyhood, infancy, toddlerhood; adolescence, childhood, youth

Antonyms immaturity, minority, nonage

2

the state of being an old person <special senior citizen discounts are one advantage of maturity>

Synonyms age, agedness, elderliness, maturity

Related Words senectitude; venerableness; anecdotage, anility, caducity, dotage, second childhood, senescence, senility; feebleness, infirmity

Near Antonyms freshness, prime, youthfulness; adolescence, immaturity, juvenility, minority, nonage

Antonyms youngness, youth