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mature

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of mature

1 fully grown or developed

  • I like pears when they're still hard, before they're mature
Synonyms of mature

adult, full-blown, full-fledged, matured, ripe, ripened
Words Related to mature

aged, aging (or ageing), long-lived, old, older

golden, mellow
Near Antonyms of mature

blooming, blossoming, burgeoning, flourishing, flowering

undeveloped, unfinished, unfledged, unformed
Antonyms of mature

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

2 having reached the date at which payment is required

  • mature bonds
Synonyms of mature

due
Words Related to mature

delinquent, outstanding, overdue, owed, owing, receivable, unpaid, unsettled

payable
Near Antonyms of mature

cleared, liquidated, paid (off or up), repaid, settled

prepaid
Antonyms of mature

undue

3 relating to or typical of adults; displaying proper maturity

  • that wasn't a very mature response to my well-meaning criticism
Synonyms of mature

adult, grown-up
Near Antonyms of mature

childish, infantile, kiddish
Antonyms of mature

adolescent, immature

4 dealing in or with explicitly sexual material

  • a mature talk show that is available only on pay-cable
Synonyms of mature

adult, pornographic, porny, X-rated
Words Related to mature

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 of mature

priggish, prim, prudish, puritanical, straitlaced (or straightlaced), Victorian

correct, decent, decorous, genteel, polite, proper, seemly
Antonyms of mature

clean, G-rated

mature

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of mature

to become mature

  • a young figure skater whose talent is still maturing
Synonyms of mature

age, develop, grow, grow up, progress, ripen
Words Related to mature

mellow, soften

bloom, blossom, burgeon (also bourgeon), flourish, flower

open, unfold

advance, evolve

get along, get on, gray (also grey)
Near Antonyms of mature

decay, decline, degenerate, deteriorate, sink, worsen

droop, dry, fade, flag, sag, shrivel, wane, waste (away), weaken, wilt, wither

regress, retrogress, revert

backslide, lapse, return

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