mature

Meaning

Adj

1. Fully developed; grown up in terms of physical appearance, behaviour or thinking; ripe.
2. Brought to a state of complete readiness.
3. Profound; careful.
4. (obsolete) Come to, or in a state of, completed suppuration.
5. Suitable for adults only, due to sexual themes, violence, etc.

Verb

1. (intransitive) To proceed toward maturity: full development or completion (either of concrete or of abstract things, e.g. plans, judgments, qualities).
2. (intransitive) To attain maturity, to become mature or ripe.
3. (transitive) To bring (something) to maturity, full development, or completion.
4. (transitive) To make (something, e.g. fruit) ripe or mature.
5. (intransitive) To proceed toward or become mature or full-grown, either physically or psychologically; to gain experience or wisdom with age.
6. (transitive) To make (someone) mature.
7. (intransitive) To reach the date when payment is due.

Synonyms

ripe

ripen

adult

🧑

mellow

grow up

grow

full-grown

develop

maturate

age

experienced

grow older

grown

matured

developed

become ripe

expire

grown-up

grown up

due

fully developed

careful

full-blown

become adult

perfect

old

🧓

get ripe

full-fledged

dry

be in common use

come to sound natural

fall due

grow big

senesce

suppurate

be of age

seasoned

sedate

sophisticated

of age

flower

🌸

fledged

perfected

ferment

cure

hard

maturity

cook

🧑‍🍳

grow old

get along

Translations

mûr

maturo

maduro

mûrir

madurar

maturare

reif

reifen

maduro

rijp

amadurecer

madur

madurar

ناضج

Pronounced as (IPA)

/məˈtjʊə/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: mature

Inherited from Middle English: maturen

In summary

From late Middle English mature, from Middle French mature, from Latin mātūrus. Doublet of maduro. Partially displaced ripe, from Old English rīpe (“ripe, mature”).