Synonyms of the word

mature

• adj. Fully developed; grown up in terms of physical appearance, behaviour or thinking; ripe.
• adj. Profound; careful.
• adj. (obsolete) Come to, or in a state of, completed suppuration.
• v. (intransitive, of food, especially fruit) To become mature; to ripen.
• v. (intransitive) To gain experience or wisdom with age.
• v. (transitive) To make something mature.
• v. (intransitive, finance) To reach the date when payment is due.

abloom

• adv. (postpositive) In or into bloom; in a blooming state; having flower blooms unfolding.
• adj. Blooming; covered in flowers.
• adj. (figuratively) Having something growing or grown.
• adj. Thriving in health, beauty, and vigor; exhibiting youth-like beauty.

adult

• n. A fully grown human or animal.
• n. A person who has reached the legal age of majority, generally 18 years of age.
• adj. Fully grown.
• adj. Intended for or restricted to adults rather than children.
• adj. Containing material of an explicit sexual nature; designating pornography.
• v. (nonstandard, rare) To (cause to) be or become an adult.

age

• n. The whole duration of a being being alive, whether animal, vegetable, or other kind.
• n. The amount of full years/months/days/hours etc. which someone, or something, has been alive.
• n. (uncountable) That part of the duration of a being or a thing which is between its beginning and any given…
• n. (uncountable) The latter part of life; an advanced period of life, eld; seniority; state of being old.
• n. (countable) One of the stages of life.
• n. (uncountable) Mature age; especially, the time of life at which one attains full personal rights and capacities.
• n. (countable) The time of life at which some particular power or capacity is understood to become vested.
• n. (countable) A particular period of time in history, as distinguished from others.
• n. (countable) A great period in the history of the Earth.
• n. (countable) A century; the period of one hundred years.
• n. The people who live at a particular period.
• n. (countable) A generation.
• n. (countable, hyperbolic) A long time.
• n. (poker) The right of the player to the left of the dealer to pass the first round in betting, and then…
• v. (transitive) To cause to grow old; to impart the characteristics of age to.
• v. (transitive, figuratively) To postpone an action that would extinguish something, as a debt.
• v. (transitive, accounting) To categorize by age.
• v. (intransitive) To grow aged; to become old; to show marks of age.

aged

• adj. Old.
• adj. Having the age of. (primarily non-US).
• adj. Undergone the effects of time, improving as a result.
• n. Old people, collectively.
• v. simple past tense and past participle of age.

alter

• v. (transitive) To change the form or structure of.
• v. (intransitive) To become different.
• v. (transitive) To tailor clothes to make them fit.
• v. (transitive) To castrate, neuter or spay (a dog or other animal).
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To agitate; to affect mentally.

autumnal

• adj. Of or relating to autumn.
• adj. Past the middle of life; in the third stage.

big

• adj. Of great size, large.
• adj. (of an industry or other field) Thought to have undue influence.
• adj. Popular.
• adj. (informal) Adult.
• adj. (informal) Fat.
• adj. (informal) Important or significant.
• adj. (informal, with on) Enthusiastic (about).
• adj. (informal) Mature, conscientious, principled.
• adj. (informal) Well-endowed, possessing large breasts in the case of a woman or a large penis in the case…
• adj. (sometimes figuratively) Large with young; pregnant; swelling; ready to give birth or produce.
• adj. (informal) Used as an intensifier, especially of negative-valence nouns.
• adj. (of a city) populous.
• adv. In a loud manner.
• adv. In a boasting manner.
• adv. In a large amount or to a large extent.
• adv. On a large scale, expansively.
• adv. Hard.
• n. Someone or something that is large in stature.
• n. An important or powerful person; a celebrity; a big name.
• n. (as plural) The big leagues, big time.
• v. (transitive) To praise or recommend.
• v. (transitive, archaic or Britain dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) to inhabit; occupy.
• v. (reflexive, archaic or Britain dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) to locate oneself.
• v. (transitive, archaic or Britain dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) to build; erect; fashion.
• v. (intransitive, archaic or Britain dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) to dwell; have a dwelling.
• n. One or more kinds of barley, especially six-rowed barley.

change

• v. (intransitive) To become something different.
• v. (transitive, ergative) To make something into something different.
• v. (transitive) To replace.
• v. (intransitive) To replace one's clothing.
• v. (intransitive) To transfer to another vehicle (train, bus, etc.).
• v. (archaic) To exchange.
• v. (transitive) To change hand while riding (a horse).
• n. (countable) The process of becoming different.
• n. (uncountable) Small denominations of money given in exchange for a larger denomination.
• n. (countable) A replacement, e.g. a change of clothes.
• n. (uncountable) Money given back when a customer hands over more than the exact price of an item.
• n. (uncountable) Coins (as opposed to paper money).
• n. (countable) A transfer between vehicles.
• n. (baseball) A change-up pitch.
• n. (campanology) Any order in which a number of bells are struck, other than that of the diatonic scale.
• n. (dated) A place where merchants and others meet to transact business; an exchange.
• n. (Scotland, dated) A public house; an alehouse.

develop

• v. (intransitive) To change with a specific direction, progress.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To progress through a sequence of stages.
• v. (transitive) To advance; to further; to promote the growth of.
• v. (transitive) To create.
• v. (transitive) To bring out images latent in photographic film.
• v. (transitive) To acquire something usually over a period of time.
• v. (chess, transitive) To place one's pieces actively.
• v. (snooker, pool) To cause a ball to become more open and available to be played on later. Usually by moving…
• v. (mathematics) To change the form of (an algebraic expression, etc.) by executing certain indicated operations…

developed

• adj. (said of a country) Not primitive; not third world.
• adj. Mature.
• adj. Containing man-made structures such as roads, sewers, electric lines, buildings, and so on.
• adj. Having useful or necessary infrastructure.
• adj. Advanced, fully formed.
• v. simple past tense and past participle of develop.

draw

• v. (heading) To move or develop something.
• v. (heading) To exert or experience force.
• v. (heading, fluidic) To remove or separate or displace.
• v. (heading) To change in size or shape.
• v. (heading) To attract or be attracted.
• v. (Usually as draw on or draw upon): to rely on; utilize as a source.
• v. To disembowel.
• v. (transitive or intransitive) To end a game in a draw (with neither side winning).
• v. A random selection process.
• v. (curling) To make a shot that lands in the house without hitting another stone.
• v. (cricket) To play (a short-length ball directed at the leg stump) with an inclined bat so as to deflect…
• v. (golf) To hit (the ball) with the toe of the club so that it is deflected toward the left.
• v. (billiards) To strike (the cue ball) below the center so as to give it a backward rotation which causes…
• n. The result of a contest in which neither side has won; a tie.
• n. The procedure by which the result of a lottery is determined.
• n. Something that attracts e.g. a crowd.
• n. (cricket) The result of a two-innings match in which at least one side did not complete all their innings…
• n. (golf) A golf shot that (for the right-handed player) curves intentionally to the left. See hook, slice,…
• n. (curling) A shot that lands in the house without hitting another stone.
• n. (geography) A dry stream bed that drains surface water only during periods of heavy rain or flooding.
• n. (colloquial) Cannabis.
• n. In a commission-based job, an advance on future (potential) commissions given to an employee by the employer.
• n. (poker) A situation in which one or more players has four cards of the same suit or four out of five necessary…
• n. (archery) The act of pulling back the strings in preparation of firing.
• n. (sports) The spin or twist imparted to a ball etc. by a drawing stroke.

efflorescent

• adj. Bursting into flower.
• adj. Growing at a rapid rate; flourishing.

explicate

• v. (transitive) To explain meticulously or in great detail; to elucidate; to analyze.
• adj. (obsolete) Evolved; unfolded.

fledged

• adj. Feathered; furnished with feathers or wings; able to fly.
• v. simple past tense and past participle of fledge.

fledgeling

• n. Alternative spelling of fledgling.

fledgling

• adj. Untried or inexperienced.
• adj. Emergent or Rising.
• n. A young bird which has just developed its flight feathers (notably wings).
• n. An insect that has just fledged, i.e. undergone its final moult to become an adult or imago.
• n. (figuratively) An immature, naïve and/or inexperienced person.

formulate

• v. (transitive) To reduce to, or express in, a formula; to put in a clear and definite form of statement…

fruiting

• v. present participle of fruit.
• n. fruiting body.
• n. The act of producing fruit, seeds, or spores; fructification.

full-blown

• adj. Completely developed or formed.
• adj. At the peak of blossom; ripe.
• adj. Filled with wind; puffed up.

full-fledged

• adj. (of a bird) Having all its feathers; able to fly.
• adj. (idiomatic) Having full qualification, credentials or preparation; entire; real.

full-grown

• adj. Fully developed; adult.

grow

• v. (ergative) To become bigger.
• v. (intransitive) To appear or sprout.
• v. (transitive) To cause or allow something to become bigger, especially to cultivate plants.
• v. (copulative) To assume a condition or quality over time.
• v. (intransitive, obsolete) To become attached or fixed; to adhere.

grown

• v. past participle of grow.
• adj. Covered by growth; overgrown.
• adj. (US) (of a person) Adult.

grownup

• adj. Of, pertaining to, or suitable for adults.
• adj. Adult; fully developed; mature.
• n. An adult. (used especially by children).

headed

• adj. Having a head or heading.
• adj. Going in a certain direction.
• adj. (of paper) Having the sender's name, address, etc. pre-printed at the top.
• adj. (in combination) Having a head with specified characteristics.
• v. simple past tense and past participle of head.

marriageable

• adj. suitable for marriage; nubile.
• n. One who is suitable for marriage.

maturate

• v. To bring to ripeness or maturity; to ripen.
• v. To promote the perfect suppuration of (an abscess).

matured

• v. simple past tense and past participle of mature.

mellow

• adj. Soft or tender by reason of ripeness; having a tender pulp.
• adj. Easily worked or penetrated; not hard or rigid.
• adj. Not coarse, rough, or harsh; subdued, soft, rich, delicate; said of sound, color, flavor, style, etc.
• adj. Well matured; softened by years; genial; jovial.
• adj. Relaxed; calm; easygoing; laid-back.
• adj. Warmed by liquor, slightly intoxicated, stoned, or high.
• n. A relaxed mood.
• v. (transitive) To make mellow; to relax or soften.
• v. (intransitive) To become mellow.

mellowed

• v. simple past tense and past participle of mellow.

meridian

• n. (geography) An imaginary great circle on the Earth's surface, passing through the geographic poles.
• n. Either half of such a great circle, all points of which have the same longitude.
• n. (astronomy) A great circle passing through the poles of the celestial sphere and the zenith for a particular…
• n. (mathematics) A similar line on any general surface of revolution.
• n. (alternative medicine) Any of the pathways on the body along which the vital energy is thought to flow…
• n. The highest point, as of success, prosperity, etc.; culmination.
• n. (printing, US, dated) The size of type between double great primer and canon, standardized as 44-point.
• adj. Meridional; relating to a meridian.
• adj. Relating to noon.
• adj. Relating to the highest point or culmination.

modify

• v. (transitive) To make partial changes to.
• v. (intransitive) To be or become modified.

nubile

• adj. Of an age suitable for marriage; marriageable (principally of a young woman).
• adj. Sexually attractive (especially of a young woman).
• n. A young sexually attractive woman.

old

• adj. Of an object, concept, relationship, etc., having existed for a relatively long period of time.
• adj. Of an item that has been used and so is not new (unused).
• adj. Having existed or lived for the specified time.
• adj. (heading) Of an earlier time.
• adj. Tiresome.
• adj. Said of subdued colors, particularly reds, pinks and oranges, as if they had faded over time.
• adj. A grammatical intensifier, often used in describing something positive. (Mostly in idioms like good old,…
• adj. (obsolete) Excessive, abundant.
• n. (with "the") People who are old; old beings; the older generation, taken as a group.

overblown

• adj. Of exaggerated importance; too heavily emphasized, hyped, etc.
• v. past participle of overblow.

overripe

• adj. Excessively ripe; spoiled; gone bad.

prime

• adj. First in importance, degree, or rank.
• adj. First in time, order, or sequence.
• adj. First in excellence, quality, or value.
• adj. (mathematics, lay) Having exactly two integral factors: itself and unity (1 in the case of integers).
• adj. (mathematics, technical) Such that if it divides a product, it divides one of the multiplicands.
• adj. (mathematics) Having its complement closed under multiplication: said only of ideals.
• adj. Marked or distinguished by the prime symbol.
• adj. Early; blooming; being in the first stage.
• adj. (obsolete) Lecherous; lustful; lewd.
• n. (historical) The first hour of daylight; the first canonical hour.
• n. (Christianity) The religious service appointed to this hour.
• n. (obsolete) The early morning generally.
• n. (now rare) The earliest stage of something.
• n. The most active, thriving, or successful stage or period.
• n. The chief or best individual or part.
• n. (music) The first note or tone of a musical scale.
• n. (fencing) The first defensive position, with the sword hand held at head height, and the tip of the sword…
• n. (algebra, number theory) A prime element of a mathematical structure, particularly a prime number.
• n. (card games) A four-card hand containing one card of each suit in the game of primero; the opposite of…
• n. (backgammon) Six consecutive blocks, which prevent the opponent's pieces from passing.
• n. The symbol ′.
• n. (chemistry, obsolete) Any number expressing the combining weight or equivalent of any particular element;…
• n. An inch, as composed of twelve seconds in the duodecimal system.
• n. (obsolete) The priming in a flintlock.
• v. (transitive) To prepare a mechanism for its main work.
• v. (transitive) To apply a coat of primer paint to.
• v. (obsolete, intransitive) To be renewed.
• v. (intransitive) To serve as priming for the charge of a gun.
• v. (intransitive, of a steam boiler) To work so that foaming occurs from too violent ebullition, which causes…
• v. To apply priming to (a musket or cannon); to apply a primer to (a metallic cartridge).
• v. To prepare; to make ready; to instruct beforehand; to coach.
• v. (Britain, dialect, obsolete) To trim or prune.
• v. (mathematics) To mark with a prime mark.
• n. (cycling) An intermediate sprint within a race, usually offering a prize and/or points.

ripe

• adj. (of fruits, vegetables, seeds etc.) Ready for reaping or gathering; having attained perfection; mature;.
• adj. (of foods) Advanced to the state of fitness for use; mellow.
• adj. (figuratively) Having attained its full development; mature; perfected; consummate.
• adj. (archaic) Maturated or suppurated; ready to discharge; -- said of sores, tumors, etc.
• adj. Ready for action or effect; prepared.
• adj. Like ripened fruit in ruddiness and plumpness.
• adj. (obsolete) Intoxicated.
• adj. (law) Of a conflict between parties, having developed to a stage where the conflict may be reviewed by…
• adj. Smelly: having a disagreeable odor.
• n. (agriculture) A fruit or vegetable which has ripened.
• v. To ripen or mature.
• n. The bank of a river.

ripen

• v. (intransitive) to grow ripe; to become mature, as in botany: grain, fruit, flowers, and the like;.
• v. (intransitive) To approach or come to perfection.
• v. (transitive) To cause to mature; to make ripe.
• v. (transitive) To mature; to fit or prepare; to bring to perfection.

ripened

• v. simple past tense and past participle of ripen.

senesce

• v. To grow older; reach maturity.

suppurate

• v. (intransitive) To form or discharge pus.
• v. (transitive) To cause to generate pus.