Synonyms of maturity

maturity

noun

mə-ˈchu̇r-ə-tē 

1

as in adulthood

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 & Similar Words

• adulthood
• adultness
• majority
• manhood
• womanhood
• heyday
• midlife
• prime
• autumn
• middle age
• bloom
• flush

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• immaturity
• minority
• infancy
• youth
• childhood
• adolescence
• nonage
• babyhood
• toddlerhood

2

as in age

the state of being an old person

special senior citizen discounts are one advantage of maturity

Synonyms & Similar Words

• age
• agedness
• ancientness
• elderliness
• senescence
• senility
• dotage
• feebleness
• second childhood
• infirmity
• senectitude
• venerableness
• anecdotage
• anility
• caducity

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• youth
• freshness
• youthfulness
• prime
• immaturity
• adolescence
• youngness
• minority
• juvenility
• nonage

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of maturity

Primary deficits in the largest economies remain substantially larger than before the pandemic, and governments face higher real interest rates and shorter debt maturities as defense spending pressures mount. — Anniek Bao, CNBC, 13 Oct. 2026

Hold to maturity, and you’re largely insulated from interest-rate swings. — Jeanne Sahadi, CNN Money, 10 Oct. 2026

When his mother is kidnapped, grief pushes him beyond his isolation and into a journey toward maturity and reconciliation. — Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 9 Oct. 2026

But since these girls don’t have anything that looks like conventional adulthood waiting for them, the film wisely steers them away from maturity and toward a kind of spiritual liberation. — Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 9 Oct. 2026