English adjective: ripe | |||
1. | ripe fully developed or matured and ready to be eaten or used | ||
Samples | Ripe peaches. Full-bodied mature wines. | ||
Synonyms | mature | ||
Similar | aged, mellow, mellowed, overripe, ripened | ||
Antonyms | unripe, unripened, green, immature | ||
2. | ripe fully prepared or eager | ||
Samples | The colonists were ripe for revolution. | ||
Similar | ready | ||
Antonyms | unready | ||
3. | ripe most suitable or right for a particular purpose | ||
Samples | A good time to plant tomatoes. The right time to act. The time is ripe for great sociological changes. | ||
Synonyms | good, right | ||
Similar | opportune | ||
Antonyms | inopportune | ||
4. | ripe at the highest point of development especially in judgment or knowledge | ||
Samples | A ripe mind. | ||
Similar | mature | ||
Antonyms | immature | ||
5. | ripe far along in time | ||
Samples | A man of advanced age. Advanced in years. A ripe old age. The ripe age of 90. | ||
Synonyms | advanced | ||
Similar | late | ||
Antonyms | early, middle | ||