premature

premature is a 9-letter English word with 6 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Mature or ripe before the proper time; as, the premature fruits of a hotbed. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 13 · Words With Friends 16 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Mature or ripe before the proper time; as, the premature fruits of a hotbed.
2. adjective. Happening, arriving, existing, or performed before the proper or usual time; adopted too soon; too early; untimely; as, a premature fall of snow; a premature birth; a premature opinion; premature decay.
3. adjective. Arriving or received without due authentication or evidence; as, a premature report.
4. adjective. uncommonly early or before the expected time

   "illness led to his premature death"

   "alcohol brought him to an untimely end"

   Synonyms: untimely

5. adjective. too soon or too hasty

   "our condemnation of him was a bit previous"

   "a premature judgment"

   Synonyms: previous

6. adjective. born after a gestation period of less than the normal time

   "a premature infant"

Synonyms

untimely, previous

Common word forms

prematures, prematurely, prematureness

Words from these letters

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