mature :: Lexipedia - Where words have meaning

age, maturate, grow old, grow older

v. grow old or older; "She aged gracefully"; "we age every day--what a depressing thought!"; "Young men senesce"

grow, maturate, undergo maturation, grow mature

v. develop and reach maturity; undergo maturation; "He matured fast"; "The child grew fast"

mature

adj. fully considered and perfected; "mature plans"

mature

adj. having reached full natural growth or development; "a mature cell"

mature

adj. characteristic of maturity; "mature for her age"

fledged

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

ripe

adj. fully developed or matured and ready to be eaten or used; "ripe peaches"; "full-bodied mature wines"

moderate, mellow

v. become more relaxed, easygoing, or genial; "With age, he mellowed"

temper, season, dilate

v. make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else; moderate; "she tempered her criticism"

season, harden, make fit

v. make fit; "This trip will season even the hardiest traveller"

burgeon

v. grow and flourish; "The burgeoning administration"; "The burgeoning population"

boom, flourish, expand, prosper, thrive, grow stronger, get ahead

v. grow stronger; "The economy was booming"

grow, become bigger, become greater, become larger

v. become larger, greater, or bigger; expand or gain; "The problem grew too large for me"; "Her business grew fast"

result, ensue

v. issue or terminate (in a specified way, state, etc.); end; "result in tragedy"

temper, season, dilate

v. make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else; moderate; "she tempered her criticism"

experienced

adj. having experience; having knowledge or skill from observation or participation

good, expert, adept, competent, accomplished, practiced, proficient, skillful, skilful

adj. having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude; "adept in handicrafts"; "an adept juggler"; "an expert job"; "a good mechanic"; "a practiced marksman"; "a proficient engineer"; "a lesser-known but no less skillful composer"; "the effect was achieved by skillful retouching"

weather-beaten, weatherbeaten, weathered

adj. tanned and coarsened from being outdoors; "a weather-beaten face"

knowledgeable, versed

adj. thoroughly acquainted through study or experience; "this girl, so intimate with nature"-W.H.Hudson; "knowledgeable about the technique of painting"- Herbert Read

formed

adj. fully developed as by discipline or training; "a fully formed literary style"

formulated

adj. devised; developed according to an orderly plan; "he had well formulated opinions on schooling"

full-term

adj. gestated for the entire duration of normal pregnancy; "a healthy full-term baby"

old

adj. (used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age; "an old man's eagle mind"--William Butler Yeats; "his mother is very old"; "a ripe old age"; "how old are you?"

immature

adj. not yet mature

adolescent

adj. in the state of development between puberty and maturity; "adolescent boys and girls"

embryonic, embryonal

adj. of an organism prior to birth or hatching; "in the embryonic stage"; "embryologic development"

premature

adj. born after a gestation period of less than the normal time; "a premature infant"

immature

adj. characteristic of a lack of maturity; "immature behavior"

juvenile, adolescent, jejune, puerile

adj. displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity; "adolescent insecurity"; "jejune responses to our problems"; "their behavior was juvenile"; "puerile jokes"

childish, infantile

adj. indicating a lack of maturity; "childish tantrums"; "infantile behavior"

naive, unsophisticated, inexperienced, callow

adj. lacking practical experience or training

immature, unfledged

adj. (of birds) not yet having developed feathers; "a small unfledged sparrow on the window sill"

green, immature, unripe, unripened

adj. not fully developed or mature; not ripe; "unripe fruit"; "fried green tomatoes"; "green wood"

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