ripe

ripe

adjective

Definition of RIPE

1

fully grown or developed <a ripe tomato>

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 an unpleasant smell <the clothes of the field hands were sweaty and ripe after a hard day's work>

Synonyms fetid, foul, frowsty [chiefly British], frowsy (or frowzy), funky, fusty, musty, noisome, rank, reeking, reeky, ripe, smelly, stenchy, stinking, stinky, strong

Related Words putrid, rancid, skunky, stale; bad, disgusting, offensive, repulsive, revolting, vile; decayed, decaying, decomposed, decomposing, rotted, rotten, rotting, spoiled, spoiling; dirty, filthy, nasty, noxious; odiferous, odoriferous, odorous

Near Antonyms flowery, fruity, spicy, woodsy

Antonyms ambrosial, aromatic, fragrant, perfumed, redolent, savory (also savoury), scented, sweet