Synonyms of the word

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.

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.

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.

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.

maturate

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

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.

modify

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