Another word for ripe
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Adjective
Having reached full growth and development
- Of or for adult persons
- Containing or dealing in explicitly sexual material; pornographic:
- Fully developed and mature.
- Filled up; brimming over:
- Pregnant:
- Having or exercising considerable authority, control, or influence:
- Mature.
- Advanced in industrial capability, technological sophistication, and economic productivity:
- Fully developed or matured.
- Completely developed or formed.
- Fully grown or developed; matured
- Having all the necessary features; thoroughgoing
- Completely developed or trained; of full rank or status
- Having fully developed adult plumage.
- Having reached full size or maturity; fully grown
- Produced or cultivated in a certain way or place:
- Having completed its growth; fully developed; mature
- Having full growth; mature:
- Of, characteristic of, or intended for adults:
- That is an adult
- Having or showing maturity in outlook, attitude, or appearance:
- (Geology) Having reached maximum development of form. Used of streams and landforms.
- Fully developed
- Fully or highly developed, perfected, worked out, considered, etc.
Brought to full flavor and richness by aging
- Brought to a desired ripeness or maturity:
- Having reached the age of:
- Being of advanced age; old.
- (Informal) Genial or convivial, often, specif., from ingesting alcohol or marijuana
- Gentle and understanding, especially from being mature or experienced:
- Softened and made gentle, understanding, and sympathetic by age and experience
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Another word for ripe
Modifier
Ready to be harvested
See also:Antonyms:Improved by time and experience
See also:Ready
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Synonym Study
- Adult is applied to a person who has reached complete physical or mental maturity, or legal majority, and to ideas, behavior, etc. that show mature thinking
- Mellow suggests the qualities typical of ripe fruit, such as softness, sweetness, etc. and therefore stresses the absence of sharpness, harshness, etc. a mellow flavor, a mellow mood
- Mature implies full growth or development, as of living organisms or the mind a mature tree, mature judgment
- Ripe , in its basic application, implies readiness to be harvested, eaten, used, etc. ripe apples, a ripe cheese and, in extended use, full readiness to do or undergo something ripe for change
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