The Meaning of mature

• (superl.) Brought by natural process to completeness of growth and development; fitted by growth and development for any function, action, or state, appropriate to its kind; full-grown; ripe.
• (superl.) Completely worked out; fully digested or prepared; ready for action; made ready for destined application or use; perfected; as, a mature plan.
• (superl.) Of or pertaining to a condition of full development; as, a man of mature years.
• (superl.) Come to, or in a state of, completed suppuration.
• (v. t.) To bring or hasten to maturity; to promote ripeness in; to ripen; to complete; as, to mature one's plans.
• (v. i.) To advance toward maturity; to become ripe; as, wine matures by age; the judgment matures by age and experience.
• (v. i.) Hence, to become due, as a note.

Synonyms

maturate , grow , ripen , senesce , age , get on , maturate , suppurate , matured , ripe , fledged

Antonyms

immature , immature , green , unfledged

Rhymes

allure , amanpour , assure , badour , baldur , beladur , bijur , bloor , bonjour , boor , brochure , buhr , contour , couture , cure , demure , detour , duerr , dufour , endure , ensure , entrepreneur , epicure , fluhr , foor , fuhr , gilmour , gloor , gochnour , immature , impure , insure , inure , jabbour , jure , lacour , lancour , latour , lesure , lumpur , lure , manure , miniature , moor , moore , muhr , muir , murre , obscure , observateur , pimplapure , premature , procure , pure , reassure , rednour , reinsure , ruhr , schnoor , secure , segur , spoor , stamour , stuhr , suhr , suhre , suire , sure , tour , ture , uhr , unsure , your