| ADJECTIVE | all | ripe, mature | fully developed or matured and ready to be eaten or used |
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| all | ripe | fully prepared or eager | |
| all | ripe, good, right | most suitable or right for a particular purpose | |
| all | ripe | at the highest point of development especially in judgment or knowledge | |
| all | ripe, advanced | far along in time |
| Sounds | ray'p | |
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| Rhymes | archetype ... wipe: 24 rhymes with ayp... | |
| Meaning | fully developed or matured and ready to be eaten or used. | |
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| Example | "ripe peaches" | |
| Synonym | mature | |
| Narrower | aged, ripened | Of wines, fruit, cheeses |
| mellow, mellowed | Having a full and pleasing flavor through proper aging | |
| overripe | Too ripe and beginning to turn soft | |
| Opposite | green, unripe, unripened, immature | not fully developed or mature |
| Spanish | curado, madura, maduro | |
| Catalan | madur, madura | |
| Nouns | ripeness | the state of being ripe |
| Adverbs | ripely | with mature / mature or developed appearance |
| Meaning | fully prepared or eager. | |
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| Example | "the colonists were ripe for revolution" | |
| Broader | ready | Completely prepared or in condition for immediate action or use or progress |
| Meaning | Most suitable or right for a particular purpose. | |
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| Example | "the time is ripe for great sociological changes" | |
| Synonyms | good, right | |
| Broader | opportune | Suitable or at a time that is suitable or advantageous especially for a particular purpose |
| Spanish | buen, bueno, ideal, idóneo | |
| Catalan | bo, ideal, idoni | |
| Meaning | At the highest point of development especially in judgment or knowledge. | |
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| Example | "a ripe mind" | |
| Broader | mature | characteristic of maturity |
| Spanish | maduro | |
| Meaning | Far along in time. | |
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| Synonym | advanced | |
| Broader | late | Being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time |
| Spanish | avanzado | |
| Catalan | avançat | |
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