English adjective: immature | |||
1. | immature characteristic of a lack of maturity | ||
Samples | Immature behavior. | ||
Similar | adolescent, babyish, childish, infantile, jejune, juvenile, puerile | ||
Antonyms | mature | ||
2. | immature (used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth | ||
Samples | Young people. | ||
Synonyms | young | ||
Similar | adolescent, boyish, boylike, childlike, childly, early, five-year-old, four-year-old, girlish, infantile, junior, little, newborn, one-year-old, preadolescent, preteen, puppyish, puppylike, schoolboyish, schoolgirlish, small, teen, teenage, teenaged, tender, three-year-old, two-year-old, vernal, young, youngish, youthful | ||
See also | immature, junior, new | ||
Attribute | age | ||
Domain category | animate thing, living thing | ||
Antonyms | old | ||
3. | immature not fully developed or mature; not ripe | ||
Samples | Unripe fruit. Fried green tomatoes. Green wood. | ||
Synonyms | green, unripe, unripened | ||
Similar | unaged | ||
Antonyms | ripe, mature | ||
4. | immature not yet mature | ||
Similar | adolescent, embryologic, embryonal, embryonic, inchoative, larval, prepubertal, prepubescent, prepupal, pubescent, pupal, underdeveloped | ||
See also | immature, premature, young | ||
Attribute | age, matureness, maturity | ||
Antonyms | mature | ||
5. | immature (of birds) not yet having developed feathers | ||
Samples | A small unfledged sparrow on the window sill. | ||
Synonyms | unfledged | ||
Similar | unfeathered | ||
Antonyms | fledged, mature | ||