| NOUN | state | matureness, maturity | state of being mature / mature |
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| Meaning | state of being mature / mature; full development. | |
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| Synonym | maturity | |
| Attributes | immature | not yet mature |
| mature | Having reached full natural growth or development | |
| Narrower | adulthood | The state (and responsibilities) of a person who has attained maturity |
| post-maturity, post-menopause | The state in which women have stopped ovulating | |
| ripeness | The state of being ripe | |
| youth | Early maturity | |
| Broader | state | The way something is with respect to its main attributes |
| Opposite | immaturity, immatureness | not having reached maturity |
| Spanish | madurez | |
| Catalan | maduresa | |
| Adjectives | mature | having reached full natural growth or development |
| mature | (of birds) having developed feathers or plumage | |
| mature | fully developed or matured and ready to be eaten or used | |
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