premature

Meaning

Adj

1. Occurring before a state of readiness or maturity has arrived.
2. Taking place earlier than anticipated, prepared for, or desired.
3. (informal) Suffering from premature ejaculation.

Noun

An infant born prematurely.

Synonyms

untimely

early

precocious

immature

premature infant

previous

hasty

green

prematurely born

timely

unripe

unseasonable

preemie

small

young

short life

untime

preborn

too early

pre-term

inopporutne

preterm infant

intempestive

aborted

keeborb

abortive

childish

flurried

forward

hastily

hurried

ill-timed

inopportune

out of season

overhasty

precipitate

rash

Translations

prématuré

prematuro

vorzeitig

prematuro

precoce

prematuro

verfrüht

précoce

πρόωρος

voortijdig

precoz

precoce

frühreif

prematur

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˌpɹɛ.məˈtjʊə/

Etymology

From Latin praemātūrus, equivalent to pre- + mature. First use appears c. 1440 in a translation of Palladius's De Re Rustica.