Nearby Words
ripened
[rahy-puhn] 
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ripen
[rahy-puhn]
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | mature |
| Synonyms: | age, come of age, grow up, mellow |
| Main Entry: | ripen |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | mature |
| Synonyms: | age, bloom, develop, evolve, flower, fruit, grow, heighten, improve, maturate, mellow, perfect, season |
| Main Entry: | adult |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | being mature, fully grown |
| Synonyms: | developed, grown, grown-up, of age, ripe, ripened |
| Antonyms: | adolescent, infant |
| Main Entry: | age |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | become older |
| Synonyms: | decline, deteriorate, develop, get along, grow, grow feeble, grow old, grow up, mature, mellow, push, put mileage on, ripen, wane |
| Notes: | epoch applies to the beginning of a new period marked by radical changes and new developments - while era applies to the entire period; age denotes a period identified with some dominant personality or characteristic and period pertains to any portion of time |
| Main Entry: | cultivate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | develop land for growing |
| Synonyms: | breed, crop, dress, farm, fertilize, garden, harvest, labor, manage, mature, plant, plow, prepare, propagate, raise, ripen, seed, tend, till, work |
| Antonyms: | destroy, ignore, neglect |
| Main Entry: | develop |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cultivate, prosper |
| Synonyms: | advance, age, enroot, establish, evolve, expand, flourish, foster, grow, grow up, maturate, mature, mellow, progress, promote, ripen, thrive |
| Antonyms: | halt, repress |
| Main Entry: | evolve |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | develop, progress |
| Synonyms: | advance, derive, disclose, educe, elaborate, emerge, enlarge, excogitate, expand, get, grow, increase, mature, obtain, open, result, ripen, unfold, work out |
| Antonyms: | block, decrease, halt, stop |
| Main Entry: | ferment |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | split into simpler substances; be agitated |
| Synonyms: | acidify, be violent, boil, brew, bubble, churn, concoct, dissolve, effervesce, evaporate, excite, fester, fizz, foam, foment, froth, heat, incite, inflame, leaven, moil, overflow, provoke, ripen, rise, rouse, seethe, simmer, sour, sparkle, stir up, work |
| Main Entry: | full-grown/full-fledged |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | developed, ripe, ready |
| Synonyms: | adult, full-blown, grown, grown-up, in one's prime, marriageable, mature, nubile, of age, perfected, prime, ripened |
| Antonyms: | new, small, underdeveloped, undeveloped, unripe, young |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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