| Main Entry: |
manhood/womanhood
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | physical maturity and strength of adult male or female |
| Synonyms: | adulthood, coming of age, fecundity, femininity, fertility, manfulness, manliness, masculinity, mettle, potency, virility, womanliness, womanness |
| Antonyms: | childhood |
| Main Entry: | ripen |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | mature |
| Synonyms: | age, come of age, grow up, mellow |
| Main Entry: | maturate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | mature |
| Synonyms: | advance, age, arrive, attain majority, become experienced, become wise, bloom*, blossom, come of age, culminate, develop, evolve, fill out, flower*, grow, grow up, mellow*, mushroom, perfect, prime*, progress, reach adulthood, reach majority, ripen, round, season, settle down, shoot up |