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  1. matureverb

    Fully developed; grown up in terms of physical appearance, behaviour or thinking; ripe.

    She is quite mature for her age.

    Antonyms:
    immature, childish

  2. matureadjective

    Profound; careful.

    The headmaster decided to expel the boy after a mature consideration.

    Antonyms:
    superficial

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  1. matureadjective

    characteristic of maturity

    «mature for her age»

    Synonyms:
    matured, ripe, fledged

    Antonyms:
    embryonic, adolescent, childish, embryonal, prepubescent, juvenile, jejune, inchoative, puerile, larval, pubescent, underdeveloped, immature, prepubertal, pupal, babyish, prepupal, undeveloped, embryologic, infantile

  2. mature, maturedadjective

    fully considered and perfected

    «mature plans»

    Synonyms:
    matured, full-blown, ripe, fledged

    Antonyms:
    adolescent, juvenile, embryonic, prepupal, pupal, immature, undeveloped, infantile, puerile, childish, embryonal, prepubescent, prepubertal, underdeveloped, pubescent, inchoative, larval, babyish, embryologic, jejune

  3. matureadjective

    having reached full natural growth or development

    «a mature cell»

    Synonyms:
    matured, ripe, fledged

    Antonyms:
    immature, juvenile, underdeveloped, embryologic, infantile, pubescent, embryonal, pupal, adolescent, prepubertal, prepubescent, prepupal, childish, puerile, inchoative, larval, jejune, undeveloped, babyish, embryonic

  4. ripe, matureadjective

    fully developed or matured and ready to be eaten or used

    «ripe peaches»; «full-bodied mature wines»

    Synonyms:
    advanced, fledged, good, ripe, ripe(p), right, matured

    Antonyms:
    prepubertal, larval, embryonic, prepupal, childish, underdeveloped, babyish, embryologic, juvenile, undeveloped, puerile, pubescent, jejune, infantile, immature, prepubescent, pupal, adolescent, embryonal, inchoative

  5. fledged, matureverb

    (of birds) having developed feathers or plumage; often used in combination

    Synonyms:
    matured, vaned, fledged, ripe

    Antonyms:
    immature, inchoative, infantile, undeveloped, prepubescent, pubescent, larval, pupal, adolescent, juvenile, prepubertal, puerile, prepupal, underdeveloped, babyish, jejune, embryologic, embryonic, childish, embryonal

  6. mature, maturate, growverb

    develop and reach maturity; undergo maturation

    «He matured fast»; «The child grew fast»

    Synonyms:
    turn, age, grow, farm, produce, spring up, suppurate, acquire, arise, senesce, rise, develop, ripen, originate, fester, maturate, get, uprise, raise, get on

    Antonyms:
    larval, infantile, puerile, adolescent, embryonal, childish, prepubescent, immature, prepupal, undeveloped, inchoative, prepubertal, babyish, jejune, underdeveloped, pubescent, juvenile, embryologic, embryonic, pupal

  7. matureverb

    develop and work out fully in one’s mind

    «I need to mature my thoughts»

    Synonyms:
    ripen, suppurate, grow, maturate, get on, senesce, age

    Antonyms:
    undeveloped, infantile, pupal, prepubertal, embryologic, immature, prepubescent, juvenile, adolescent, jejune, larval, underdeveloped, embryonic, embryonal, inchoative, puerile, childish, pubescent, prepupal, babyish

  8. matureverb

    become due for repayment

    «These bonds mature in 2005»

    Synonyms:
    ripen, suppurate, grow, maturate, get on, senesce, age

    Antonyms:
    underdeveloped, immature, babyish, prepupal, undeveloped, puerile, pupal, jejune, prepubescent, prepubertal, embryonic, inchoative, juvenile, embryologic, pubescent, childish, adolescent, infantile, embryonal, larval

  9. ripen, matureverb

    cause to ripen or develop fully

    «The sun ripens the fruit»; «Age matures a good wine»

    Synonyms:
    ripen, suppurate, age, get on, senesce, maturate, grow

    Antonyms:
    immature, jejune, prepupal, pubescent, adolescent, babyish, prepubescent, puerile, infantile, larval, childish, embryonic, pupal, prepubertal, underdeveloped, embryologic, juvenile, inchoative, undeveloped, embryonal

  10. senesce, age, get on, mature, maturateverb

    grow old or older

    «She aged gracefully»; «we age every day—what a depressing thought!»; «Young men senesce»

    Synonyms:
    get on, age, shape up, progress, bestride, come on, grow, climb on, be on, suppurate, board, come along, senesce, get along, get along with, mount up, get on with, advance, jump on, fester, ripen, mount, maturate, hop on

    Antonyms:
    inchoative, undeveloped, prepubertal, immature, juvenile, adolescent, babyish, larval, pupal, underdeveloped, jejune, embryologic, embryonal, embryonic, puerile, infantile, pubescent, prepupal, childish, prepubescent

  11. suppurate, matureverb

    cause to ripen and discharge pus

    «The oil suppurates the pustules»

    Synonyms:
    get on, fester, age, ripen, senesce, suppurate, maturate, grow

    Antonyms:
    larval, infantile, pupal, adolescent, childish, juvenile, babyish, embryonic, underdeveloped, jejune, inchoative, immature, prepubescent, prepubertal, puerile, pubescent, embryologic, prepupal, undeveloped, embryonal

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  1. grow

    it is a verb.

    the puppy will mature over the summer.

    Submitted by anonymous on January 11, 2021  

  2. grow upverb

    to grow older and be calmer and less childish

    you are now mature

  3. responsibity

    Submitted by anonymous on October 5, 2020  

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  1. List of paraphrases for «mature»:

    ripe, maturity, maduro, matured, adult, ripen, ripeness, adults, grown-up, low-hanging, sophisticated

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  1. Freedman Fowler:

    We think that the crests of dinosaurs were visual signals so that they could recognize members of their own species, and also tell whether the animal was mature or not.

  2. Neil Shah:

    (In India) the majority of the low-end, $100 phones have a five-inch display. The key reason being smartphone users are becoming more mature are preferring bigger screen size as many of them don’t own a tablet or laptop.

  3. Hubert Humphrey:

    Fortunately, the time has long passed when people liked to regard the United States as some kind of melting pot, taking men and women from every part of the world and converting them into standardized, homogenized Americans. We are, I think, much more mature and wise today. Just as we welcome a world of diversity, so we glory in an America of diversity — an America all the richer for the many different and distinctive strands of which it is woven.

  4. Neil Saunders:

    While the Gen Z and Millennial cohorts are both lucrative and interesting, there is something of an obsession with them in retail and fashion that is often to the detriment of older generations, the truth is that more mature cohorts account for a lot of retail spending and there is a significant opportunity that is not always properly addressed.

  5. Aimee Eyvazzadeh:

    They’ve said they’ve discovered this precursor cell in humans and this cell can somehow mature into healthy, young fertilizable eggs? Well, that’s awesome, let me at that cell!


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  • راشد, معتق, ناضجArabic
  • madur, madurar, raonat, vencer, madura, raonadaCatalan, Valencian
  • dospělý, zralýCzech
  • reiflich, gereift, reifen, reifGerman
  • maturaEsperanto
  • vencer, madurar, maduro, curadoSpanish
  • zoriBasque
  • syvällinen, kypsä, kypsyä, huolellinenFinnish
  • mûr, mûre, mature, s’affiner, mûrir, arriver à échéanceFrench
  • foirfeIrish
  • abaich, inbheachScottish Gaelic
  • հասունArmenian
  • adulteskarIdo
  • maturo, maturareItalian
  • 円熟, 成熟, 成長Japanese
  • maturusLatin
  • pakekeMāori
  • vervallen, volwassen worden, rijpenDutch
  • dojrzałyPolish
  • amadurecer, maduroPortuguese
  • maturRomanian
  • развитой, зрeлый, разумный, продуманный, взрослыйRussian
  • mogna, mogenSwedish
  • முதிர்ந்தTamil
  • tekamül etmek, oldurmak, reşit, ergin, olgunlaşmak, olgun, vadesi gelmek, kamil, erişkin, yetişkin, erginleşmekTurkish
  • 成熟Chinese

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[ mət͡ʃˈʊ͡ə], [ mət‍ʃˈʊ‍ə], [ m_ə_tʃ_ˈʊə]

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    Synonyms for Mature:

    • adj.

      adult (adjective)

      • developed,
      • middle-aged,
      • adult,
      • virile,
      • reasonable,
      • nubile,
      • of age,
      • serious.

      aged (adjective)

      • elderly,
      • durable,
      • ancient,
      • geriatric,
      • octogenarian,
      • venerable,
      • matured,
      • vintage,
      • superannuated,
      • ripe,
      • aged.

      all (adjective)

      • mature.

      all-out (adjective)

      • full-blown.

      due (adjective)

      • more unliquidated,
      • un liquidated,
      • un satisfied,
      • most collectible,
      • in arrears,
      • more collectible,
      • unsatisfied,
      • to be paid,
      • un-liquidated,
      • un-settled,
      • un settled,
      • un-satisfied,
      • most unliquidated.

      experienced (adjective)

      • having something on the ball,
      • more well-versed,
      • well versed,
      • having something on ball,
      • the right stuff,
      • having on ball,
      • knowing stuff,
      • most well versed,
      • most well-versed,
      • knowing score,
      • having something the ball,
      • veteran,
      • pro,
      • sportest,
      • vetest,
      • knowing one stuff,
      • more wellversed,
      • Sporter,
      • more well versed,
      • knowing ones stuff,
      • having on the ball,
      • more dynamite,
      • wellversed,
      • most dynamite,
      • having something ball,
      • most wellversed,
      • in know,
      • having the ball.

      full-fledged (adjective)

      • more well developed,
      • full fledged,
      • more welldeveloped,
      • most well developed,
      • most welldeveloped,
      • most well-developed,
      • well developed,
      • more well-developed,
      • fullfledged,
      • welldeveloped.

      full-grown (adjective)

      • full grown,
      • fullgrown.

      full-grown/full-fledged (adjective)

      • in prime,
      • in one prime,
      • more fullfledged,
      • more nubile,
      • most full fledged,
      • more ripened,
      • most nubile,
      • more full fledged,
      • in ones prime,
      • most ripened.

      matronly (adjective)

      • motherly,
      • most respected.

      old (adjective)

      • grizzled,
      • not young,
      • broken down,
      • in firm,
      • over the hill,
      • along in years,
      • gray-haired,
      • oldish,
      • past one’s prime.

      Other relevant words: (adjective)

      • payable,
      • unmutilated,
      • knowing one’s stuff,
      • in the know,
      • completely developed,
      • in one piece,
      • grown up,
      • stagiest,
      • been there,
      • owed,
      • uptown,
      • sexy,
      • kissable,
      • there,
      • full-grown,
      • be paid,
      • couth,
      • marriageable,
      • unpunctual,
      • fly right,
      • long delayed,
      • streetwise,
      • rocker,
      • in readiness,
      • worldly-wise,
      • always there,
      • broken in,
      • knowing the score,
      • receivable,
      • grown,
      • behindhand,
      • full-fledged,
      • well timed,
      • collectible,
      • uninjured,
      • experienced,
      • precocious,
      • Unliquidated,
      • Ship-shape,
      • behind time,
      • fully developed,
      • laid back,
      • well-developed,
      • big,
      • uncollected,
      • not met,
      • sophisticated,
      • vet,
      • stagier,
      • not punctual,
      • autumnal,
      • wise to,
      • in one’s prime,
      • mondaine,
      • in full bloom,
      • upfront,
      • on up and up,
      • in good order,
      • old,
      • switched on,
      • up-front,
      • been around,
      • boy scout,
      • stagy,
      • grownup,
      • trustable,
      • out-standing,
      • rock solid,
      • to be trusted,
      • due,
      • jet-set,
      • overdue,
      • fully grown,
      • come hither,
      • VETER,
      • world-weary,
      • inviolate,
      • well-versed.

      outstanding (adjective)

      • most uncollected,
      • outstanding,
      • re maining,
      • un collected,
      • un-collected,
      • un resolved,
      • un-resolved,
      • out standing,
      • more uncollected,
      • re-maining.

      overdue (adjective)

      • held up,
      • un punctual,
      • over due,
      • over-due,
      • be lated,
      • most unpunctual,
      • be-lated,
      • more unpunctual,
      • un-punctual.

      owing (adjective)

      • in debt,
      • attributable.

      precocious (adjective)

      • flipper,
      • smart alecky.

      reliable (adjective)

      • trustworthy.

      ripe (adjective)

      • in creased,
      • in-creased,
      • pre-pared,
      • welltimed,
      • pre pared.

      sexy (adjective)

      • more arousing,
      • flirtatious,
      • more titillating,
      • most arousing,
      • most titillating,
      • most kissable,
      • pro vocative,
      • more kissable,
      • comehither,
      • pro-vocative.

      sophisticated (adjective)

      • laidback,
      • more citified,
      • most worldweary,
      • more world weary,
      • most mondaine,
      • JETSET,
      • more jet set,
      • most into,
      • world weary,
      • up-town,
      • dis-illusioned,
      • dis illusioned,
      • most uptown,
      • most streetwise,
      • more jetset,
      • couthest,
      • most citified,
      • most jetset,
      • more worldweary,
      • couther,
      • wellbred,
      • re fined,
      • more schooled,
      • up town,
      • dis-enchanted,
      • more jet-set,
      • most jet-set,
      • most schooled,
      • dis enchanted,
      • in to,
      • co-uther,
      • more in to,
      • more mondaine,
      • most world-weary,
      • more streetwise,
      • most jet set,
      • more world-weary,
      • on to,
      • most world weary,
      • worldweary,
      • more uptown,
      • well bred,
      • wised up,
      • more into,
      • co uther.

      trustworthy (adjective)

      • saintest,
      • true blue,
      • level headed,
      • sainter,
      • rockest,
      • down home.

      trustworthy/trusty (adjective)

      • more up-front,
      • ex-act,
      • on level,
      • most upfront,
      • be trusted,
      • more up front,
      • most trustable,
      • on up up,
      • most up front,
      • trueblue,
      • on and up,
      • un-failing,
      • therest,
      • on up,
      • more upfront,
      • ex act,
      • therer,
      • most up-front,
      • un failing,
      • more trustable.

      unpaid (adjective)

      • past due,
      • unpaid,
      • Undefrayed,
      • not discharged,
      • owing.

      whole (adjective)

      • more unmutilated,
      • most unmutilated,
      • more ship shape,
      • un mutilated,
      • more uninjured,
      • in tact,
      • un-injured,
      • ship shape,
      • in-tact,
      • un-damaged,
      • more preserved,
      • more ship-shape,
      • most ship shape,
      • un scathed,
      • un impaired,
      • un harmed,
      • un-harmed,
      • most ship-shape,
      • un marred,
      • un-hurt,
      • un-scathed,
      • un damaged,
      • most preserved,
      • in violate,
      • most uninjured,
      • un touched,
      • without scratch,
      • un hurt,
      • in piece,
      • un-marred,
      • in-violate,
      • un-impaired,
      • more inviolate,
      • un injured,
      • most inviolate,
      • un-mutilated,
      • un-touched,
      • pre-served,
      • pre served,
      • without a scratch.

      worldly-wise (adjective)

      • worldly wise,
      • Worldlywise.
    • n.

      • abstract,
      • camp,
      • avant-garde,
      • baroque,
      • accessible,
      • artsy-craftsy,
      • aesthetic,
      • artistic,
      • campy.

      • bitter,
      • astringent,
      • acidic,
      • bittersweet,
      • chocolate,
      • seasoned,
      • brackish,
      • chocolatey,
      • flavored,
      • fiery,
      • acid.

      • man.

      • youth,
      • Grounded.

      • aerate,
      • feed,
      • deadhead,
      • drill,
      • bonsai,
      • cross-pollinate,
      • compost,
      • cross-fertilize,
      • bed out.

      • anthropoid,
      • amphibious,
      • arboreal,
      • articulate,
      • captive,
      • asexual,
      • Caged,
      • aquatic,
      • androgynous,
      • best-of-breed.

      • bond,
      • annuity,
      • capital gains tax,
      • contrarian,
      • derivative,
      • debenture,
      • blue-chip,
      • capital,
      • arbitrage,
      • capital-intensive.

      • wax and wane.

      • catch up,
      • change for the better/worse,
      • sharpen,
      • pick up,
      • ease off,
      • recover,
      • jump,
      • look up,
      • come a long way.

      considered (noun)

      • considered,
      • thoughtful.

      efflorescent (noun)

      • efflorescent.

      fledged (noun)

      • fledged.

      flowering (noun)

      • flowering.

      fruiting (noun)

      • fruiting.

      fully fledged (noun)

      • fully fledged.

      genius (noun)

      • under-standing,
      • under-standings,
      • superabilities,
      • under standings,
      • under standing,
      • precocities.

      get on (noun)

      • get on.

      headed (noun)

      • headed.

      mature (noun)

      • abloom,
      • ripened,
      • overripe,
      • prime,
      • fledgeling,
      • overblown,
      • fledgling,
      • mellowed,
      • suppurate.

      Other relevant words: (noun)

      • precocity,
      • Percipience,
      • einsteins,
      • genius,
      • superability,
      • adepts,
      • prowess.

      ripe (noun)

      • ready.
    • v.

      age (verb)

      • deteriorate,
      • last,
      • ripen,
      • decline,
      • grow old,
      • mellow,
      • endure.

      become (verb)

      • grow in to,
      • art reformed,
      • assumes form of,
      • be-coming,
      • developing in to,
      • develops into,
      • be come,
      • change in to,
      • ripens into,
      • am reformed,
      • growing in to,
      • art transformed into,
      • art converted to,
      • turns in to,
      • in-cline,
      • altered to,
      • changing in to,
      • was remodeled,
      • emerged as,
      • wert remodeled,
      • be transformed in to,
      • is transformed into,
      • comes to be,
      • changed into,
      • passes into,
      • passing into,
      • were transformed into,
      • came to be,
      • is reformed,
      • being transformed in to,
      • being reformed,
      • in cline,
      • turned into,
      • growing into,
      • be-comes,
      • being converted to,
      • being remodeled,
      • ripened into,
      • ripen in to,
      • wert converted to,
      • were converted to,
      • is reduced to,
      • grew in to,
      • passes in to,
      • changing into,
      • were reformed,
      • grew into,
      • grows into,
      • coming be,
      • be came,
      • ripening in to,
      • wast transformed in to,
      • developed in to,
      • develops in to,
      • in-clines,
      • are transformed in to,
      • come be,
      • passing in to,
      • wast remodeled,
      • am reduced to,
      • was reduced to,
      • passed into,
      • am converted to,
      • assumed form of,
      • be-came,
      • passed in to,
      • wert transformed into,
      • wast reformed,
      • eventuallied be,
      • comes be,
      • are remodeled,
      • wast transformed into,
      • am transformed in to,
      • in clines,
      • changes in to,
      • am remodeled,
      • assuming form of,
      • art reduced to,
      • art remodeled,
      • turns into,
      • eventuallies be,
      • were reduced to,
      • changes into,
      • changed in to,
      • emerges as,
      • came be,
      • turning in to,
      • wert reformed,
      • art transformed in to,
      • is converted to,
      • turned in to,
      • were remodeled,
      • altering to,
      • was reformed,
      • am transformed into,
      • ripened in to,
      • be-come,
      • being reduced to,
      • was transformed into,
      • eventuallying be,
      • wert reduced to,
      • pass in to,
      • wast converted to,
      • ripening into,
      • grows in to,
      • is transformed in to,
      • are reformed,
      • being transformed into,
      • be comes,
      • was converted to,
      • are converted to,
      • developed into,
      • develop in to,
      • is remodeled,
      • alters to,
      • was transformed in to,
      • wast reduced to,
      • are reduced to,
      • ripens in to,
      • were transformed in to,
      • emerging as,
      • are transformed into,
      • turn in to,
      • wert transformed in to.

      become adult, fully grown (verb)

      • culminate,
      • become experienced,
      • settle down,
      • maturate,
      • attain majority,
      • reach adulthood,
      • come of age,
      • mushroom,
      • perfect,
      • arrive,
      • round,
      • bloom,
      • advance,
      • become wise,
      • fill out,
      • reach majority.

      come (verb)

      • came over,
      • summed to,
      • running in to,
      • runs in to,
      • comes over,
      • run in to,
      • coming over,
      • ran in to,
      • sums to.

      completed (verb)

      • perfected.

      concoct (verb)

      • de-vise,
      • dis-covering,
      • in vent,
      • slapped together,
      • de-signing,
      • prefabbed,
      • de sign,
      • in-venting,
      • pre pares,
      • dis covered,
      • throwing together,
      • dis covering,
      • in-vented,
      • dis cover,
      • prefabbing,
      • in-vent,
      • dis-cover,
      • in vented,
      • pre-pare,
      • de signed,
      • pre-paring,
      • de-signed,
      • de vising,
      • de signing,
      • de-signs,
      • de-vising,
      • slapping together,
      • pre pare,
      • in-vents,
      • in venting,
      • de vised,
      • de vise,
      • de-vised,
      • in vents,
      • dis-covers,
      • de-sign,
      • de signs,
      • slaps together,
      • pre paring,
      • dis covers,
      • dis-covered,
      • pre fab,
      • throws together,
      • threw together.

      develop (verb)

      • enrooting,
      • pro moting,
      • pro-motes,
      • enrooted,
      • pro-moting,
      • pro-mote,
      • enroots.

      educate (verb)

      • ex-plain,
      • lets in on,
      • drum in to,
      • ex plaining,
      • putting hip,
      • ex-plains,
      • co aching,
      • letted in on,
      • shows the ropes,
      • letting in on,
      • show ropes,
      • puts hip,
      • in form,
      • co ached,
      • puts through grind,
      • in-forming,
      • showed ropes,
      • ex plains,
      • co-aching,
      • in-forms,
      • putting through the grind,
      • ex plained,
      • showing ropes,
      • co-ached,
      • putting through grind,
      • ex plain,
      • in forms,
      • ex-plaining,
      • ex-plained,
      • puts through the grind,
      • showing the ropes,
      • shows ropes,
      • in forming,
      • showed the ropes.

      evolve (verb)

      • dis-closing,
      • ex cogitated,
      • dis-close,
      • ex-cogitates,
      • dis close,
      • ex cogitate,
      • de riving,
      • ex-cogitated,
      • in-creases,
      • ex-cogitate,
      • de rived,
      • de-rived,
      • dis-closes,
      • de-rive,
      • in creasing,
      • in crease,
      • in creases,
      • de rives,
      • ex cogitates,
      • in-crease,
      • ex cogitating,
      • ex-cogitating,
      • dis closes,
      • de rive,
      • de-rives,
      • dis-closed,
      • de-riving,
      • dis closed,
      • dis closing.

      flower (verb)

      • out blooms,
      • out blooming,
      • out bloomed,
      • out-bloom,
      • out-blooming,
      • outblooming,
      • out-bloomed,
      • outblooms,
      • outbloomed,
      • out-blooms,
      • out bloom.

      form (verb)

      • fall in to place,
      • takes character,
      • became a reality,
      • becoming a reality,
      • taking on character,
      • took shape,
      • fell in to place,
      • falling in to place,
      • becomes a reality,
      • shapes up,
      • takes shape,
      • took on character,
      • became reality,
      • falling into place,
      • taking shape,
      • shaping up,
      • shaped up,
      • becomes reality,
      • takes on character,
      • falls into place,
      • took character,
      • falls in to place,
      • became visible,
      • take character,
      • taking character,
      • fell into place,
      • becoming visible.

      grow (verb)

      • gotten bigger,
      • multi plying,
      • gets taller,
      • pro duce,
      • ex-tends,
      • gotten taller,
      • ex tending,
      • popping up,
      • sprung up,
      • popped up,
      • ex tend,
      • ex-tend,
      • got taller,
      • ex tends,
      • springs up,
      • pro-duces,
      • sprang up,
      • ex tended,
      • multi-plied,
      • springing up,
      • multi-plying,
      • pro duces,
      • gat taller,
      • bursted forth,
      • ex-tended,
      • getting taller,
      • ex-tending,
      • gat bigger,
      • gets bigger.

      metamorphose (verb)

      • re models,
      • trans muted,
      • re-modelled,
      • re-make,
      • meta-morphoses,
      • is reborn,
      • re-shaping,
      • re-shaped,
      • trans figuring,
      • re shaped,
      • re-making,
      • meta morphoses,
      • am reborn,
      • trans-figures,
      • trans-mutes,
      • re modelled,
      • trans-muted,
      • re-shape,
      • trans-figured,
      • re modelling,
      • trans mute,
      • re shapes,
      • re-shapes,
      • re-models,
      • trans muting,
      • trans-figuring,
      • wert reborn,
      • re makes,
      • trans late,
      • re-modeled,
      • re shape,
      • re shaping,
      • re model,
      • re make,
      • re-made,
      • wast reborn,
      • reshapes,
      • trans-lated,
      • trans figure,
      • re-model,
      • trans-figure,
      • are reborn,
      • re modeled,
      • was reborn,
      • trans mutes,
      • re-makes,
      • re-modeling,
      • trans-mute,
      • re made,
      • were reborn,
      • art reborn,
      • trans figures,
      • trans figured,
      • trans-muting,
      • re making.

      Other relevant words: (verb)

      • change,
      • activity,
      • draw,
      • explicate,
      • maturity,
      • formulate,
      • modify,
      • direction,
      • alter,
      • raise the bar.

      polish (verb)

      • makes improvement,
      • making improvement,
      • made improvement,
      • re-fining,
      • re-fine,
      • re fine,
      • re fines,
      • re-fines.

      progress (verb)

      • makes first rate,
      • turning over new leaf,
      • becomes better,
      • becoming better,
      • made first rate,
      • making first rate,
      • straightening up,
      • up-graded,
      • up grade,
      • up-grades,
      • became better,
      • up grades,
      • turned over new leaf,
      • turns over new leaf,
      • up graded,
      • up-grading,
      • up grading.

      season (verb)

      • Climatizing,
      • climatizes.

      unfold (verb)

      • bears fruit,
      • un folding,
      • un folds,
      • bore fruit,
      • bearing fruit,
      • beared fruit,
      • bare fruit,
      • un folded,
      • un-folded,
      • un-folds,
      • un-fold,
      • un-folding,
      • un fold.
    • Other synonyms:

      • enlightened,
      • square with,
      • Cool-headed,
      • dilate,
      • healthy,
      • businesslike,
      • well-balanced,
      • adulthood,
      • responsibly,
      • centred,
      • justifiable,
      • rational,
      • steady,
      • imperturbable,
      • even-tempered,
      • proactive,
      • Clear-headed,
      • rationally,
      • earthbound,
      • inflate,
      • coherent,
      • coming of age,
      • philosophical,
      • level-headed,
      • politic,
      • bulk up,
      • good-tempered,
      • down-to-earth,
      • advisable,
      • thirtysomething,
      • sensibly,
      • poised,
      • collected,
      • reality check,
      • kidult,
      • moderation,
      • consenting adult,
      • discriminating,
      • pragmatic,
      • outstrip,
      • centered,
      • well-advised,
      • youngish,
      • cogent,
      • sane,
      • unflappable,
      • logical,
      • dependable,
      • pragmatist,
      • woman,
      • practically.

      • improve,
      • realism,
      • billow,
      • coherence,
      • common sense,
      • majority,
      • practicality,
      • sanity,
      • realistic,
      • whole,
      • balanced,
      • reason,
      • supersize,
      • realist,
      • realistically,
      • yawn,
      • rightly.

      • shoot up,
      • solid,
      • moderate,
      • sensible,
      • responsible,
      • coarsen.

      • practical,
      • concrete,
      • expansion,
      • outgrow,
      • expand.

      • sense,
      • wax.

      • balloon.

      • sound,
      • swell.

      • open.

      • double.

      age

      • Waned,
      • get along,
      • grows old,
      • growing old,
      • grew up,
      • growing up,
      • put mileage on,
      • grew old,
      • grow up,
      • grow feeble.

      blossom

      • prosper.

      evolve

      • Evolved.

      flower

      • flowered,
      • outbloom.

      form

      • take shape,
      • harden,
      • fall into place,
      • shape up,
      • become a reality,
      • becomes visible,
      • take on character,
      • becoming reality,
      • become visible,
      • become reality,
      • eventuate.

      mature

      • full.

      metamorphose

      • reshape,
      • remaking,
      • remake,
      • transfigure,
      • reshaping,
      • be reborn,
      • Metamorphosed,
      • being reborn,
      • reshaped,
      • remakes,
      • metamorphose.

      middle-aged

      • matronly.

      Other relevant words:

      • hatch,
      • adding up,
      • educate,
      • getting bigger,
      • show the ropes,
      • evolve,
      • prefab,
      • bursting forth,
      • Schemed,
      • unfold,
      • Vegetated,
      • got bigger,
      • Disciplining,
      • be remodeled,
      • seeded,
      • be transformed into,
      • sleeks,
      • running into,
      • change into,
      • pop up,
      • summing to,
      • be converted to,
      • develop into,
      • prefabs,
      • be coming,
      • be reformed,
      • animal,
      • pass into,
      • get taller,
      • grow into,
      • alter to,
      • cultivate,
      • age,
      • Climatized,
      • polish,
      • pops up,
      • Educating,
      • Enroot,
      • developing into,
      • put through the grind,
      • growing,
      • assume form of,
      • season,
      • Slicking,
      • eventually be,
      • coming to be,
      • come to be,
      • disciplined,
      • pre-fab,
      • flower,
      • runs into,
      • blossom,
      • Seeding,
      • Nurtured,
      • Gardened,
      • envisions,
      • let in on,
      • put hip,
      • branch out,
      • ripen into,
      • adds up,
      • emerge as,
      • burst forth,
      • plowed,
      • develop,
      • sum to,
      • be reduced to,
      • turning into,
      • make improvement,
      • turn into,
      • bursts forth,
      • progress,
      • get bigger,
      • come over,
      • come,
      • batching,
      • concoct,
      • become,
      • ad lib,
      • slicks,
      • throw together,
      • ran into,
      • spring up,
      • slicked,
      • Climatize,
      • Sleeked,
      • run into,
      • grow,
      • toughen,
      • Sleeking,
      • put through grind,
      • slap together,
      • batched,
      • form.

      progress

      • straightens up,
      • turn over new leaf,
      • become better,
      • straightened up,
      • make first rate,
      • straighten up.

      unfold

      • bear fruit.

    How to use «Mature» in context?

    There is no one definitive definition for what «mature» means. In general, though, people who are considered to be «mature» have had more life experiences and are more experienced and wise than someone who is considered to be «young.» Some things that may be indicative of someone being mature include being able to handle their own emotions, being able to think for themselves, being able to make their own decisions, and having a strong sense of self.

    Paraphrases for Mature:

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    • Equivalence

      • Adjective
        matured, ripe, ripeness.
      • Proper noun, singular
        matured.
      • Verb, non-3rd person singular present
        ripen.
      • Verb, base form
        ripen.
    • Reverse Entailment

      • Adjective
        immature.
    • Independent

      • Adjective
        adult, careful, developed, elderly, established, full-fledged, grown, middle-aged, precocious, sophisticated, thoughtful, thought-out, exploitable, well-developed, well-established, premature, well-considered, well-reasoned, old-growth, fully-fledged, back-value.
      • Proper noun, singular
        adult, maturity, cons.
      • Noun, singular or mass
        adult, maturity.
      • Verb, non-3rd person singular present
        adult, expire, grow.
      • Verb, base form
        adult, evolve, expire, grow.
    • Other Related

      • Adjective
        advanced, ready.

    Homophones for Mature:

    • meeter, mandatory, mindoro, minder, mediator, many another, Mammee Tree, metre, medawar, miter, mudra, monandry, meander, manometer, monetary, miniature, mender, menander, midair, mantra, meteor, metro, mentor, Mediatory, mitre, mid-water, minter, motor, mother, meadow rue, mater, motorway, mudder, monitor, monitory, monterrey, manumitter, maitreya, manta ray, Mata Hari, meter, mandatary, madeira, momentary, mutterer, maunder, mutter, monterey, mithra, motor area, metatheria, mounter, man-eater, minatory, madder, mandator, m-theory, minotaur, matador, mandara, metier, maeandra, matter, mitra.

    Hyponym for Mature:

    • v.

      • change
        change.
      • communication
        explicate, formulate, develop.

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    Resources

    • MATURE synonyms at Thesaurus.com
    • MATURE synonyms and antonyms — Merriam-Webster dictionary
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    1

    as in matured

    fully grown or developed

    I like pears when they’re still hard, before they’re mature


    Antonyms & Near Antonyms

    2

    as in due

    having reached the date at which payment is required

    mature bonds


    Antonyms & Near Antonyms

    3

    as in grown-up

    relating to or typical of adults; displaying proper maturity

    that wasn’t a very mature response to my well-meaning criticism


    Antonyms & Near Antonyms

    4

    as in adult

    dealing in or with explicitly sexual material

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


    Antonyms & Near Antonyms

    as in to grow

    to become mature

    a young figure skater whose talent is still maturing


    Antonyms & Near Antonyms

    Thesaurus Entries Near mature

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    • matured
    • sophisticated
    • complete
    • cultivated
    • cultured
    • developed
    • fit
    • grown
    • mellow
    • mellowed
    • perfected
    • prepared
    • prime
    • ready
    • ripe
    • ripened
    • seasoned
    • settled
    • full-blown
    • full-fledged
    • full-grown
    • fully grown
    • in full bloom
    • in one’s prime
    • of age
    • bloom
    • blossom
    • develop
    • evolve
    • grow
    • grow up
    • mellow
    • mushroom
    • ripen
    • advance
    • age
    • arrive
    • culminate
    • flower
    • maturate
    • perfect
    • prime
    • progress
    • round
    • season
    • attain majority
    • become experienced
    • become wise
    • come of age
    • fill out
    • reach adulthood
    • reach majority
    • settle down
    • shoot up

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    • halt
    • lessen
    • shrink
    • shrivel
    • stop
    • wither
    • retreat
    • retrogress

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    WORDS RELATED TO MATURE

    • decline
    • deteriorate
    • develop
    • get along
    • grow
    • grow feeble
    • grow old
    • grow up
    • mature
    • mellow
    • push
    • put mileage on
    • ripen
    • wane
    • decline
    • deteriorate
    • develop
    • get along
    • grow
    • grow feeble
    • grow old
    • grow up
    • mature
    • mellow
    • push
    • put mileage on
    • ripen
    • wane
    • blooming
    • cultivated
    • fall
    • mature
    • ripened
    • seasoned
    • altered to
    • assumed form of
    • be converted to
    • be reduced to
    • be reformed
    • be remodeled
    • be transformed into
    • came
    • came to was
    • changed into
    • converted
    • developed into
    • emerged as
    • eventually was
    • grew into
    • inclined
    • matured
    • metamorphosed
    • passed into
    • ripened into
    • shifted
    • turned into
    • turned out
    • waxed
    • alter to
    • assume form of
    • be converted to
    • be reduced to
    • be reformed
    • be remodeled
    • be transformed into
    • change into
    • come
    • come to be
    • convert
    • develop into
    • emerge as
    • eventually be
    • grow into
    • incline
    • mature
    • metamorphose
    • pass into
    • ripen into
    • shift
    • turn into
    • turn out
    • wax
    • alters to
    • assumes form of
    • be converts to
    • be reduces to
    • be reforms
    • be remodels
    • be transforms into
    • changes into
    • comes
    • comes to is
    • converts
    • develops into
    • emerges as
    • eventually is
    • grows into
    • inclines
    • matures
    • metamorphoses
    • passes into
    • ripens into
    • shifts
    • turns into
    • turns out
    • waxes

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