mature

mature is a 6-letter English word with 18 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, verb, and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 10 · 18 senses

Definitions

1. superlative. 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.
2. superlative. Completely worked out; fully digested or prepared; ready for action; made ready for destined application or use; perfected; as, a mature plan.
3. superlative. Of or pertaining to a condition of full development; as, a man of mature years.
4. superlative. Come to, or in a state of, completed suppuration.
5. transitive verb. To bring or hasten to maturity; to promote ripeness in; to ripen; to complete; as, to mature one's plans.
6. intransitive verb. To advance toward maturity; to become ripe; as, wine matures by age; the judgment matures by age and experience.
7. intransitive verb. Hence, to become due, as a note.
8. verb. cause to ripen and discharge pus

   "The oil suppurates the pustules"

   Synonyms: suppurate

9. verb. grow old or older

   "She aged gracefully"

   "we age every day--what a depressing thought!"

   Synonyms: age, maturate, senesce

10. verb. cause to ripen or develop fully

    "The sun ripens the fruit"

    "Age matures a good wine"

    Synonyms: ripen

11. verb. develop and reach maturity; undergo maturation

    "He matured fast"

    "The child grew fast"

    Synonyms: grow, maturate

12. verb. become due for repayment

    "These bonds mature in 2005"

13. verb. develop and work out fully in one's mind

    "I need to mature my thoughts"

14. adjective. fully considered and perfected

    "mature plans"

    Synonyms: matured

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

    Synonyms: fledged

16. adjective. having reached full natural growth or development

    "a mature cell"

17. adjective. characteristic of maturity

    "mature for her age"

18. adjective. fully developed or matured and ready to be eaten or used

    "ripe peaches"

    "full-bodied mature wines"

    Synonyms: ripe

Synonyms

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

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in mature:

tamure

Common word forms

matured, maturer, matures, maturely, maturest, maturing, maturement, matureness

Words from these letters

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