Mature vs. Young
Matureadjective
Fully developed; grown up in terms of physical appearance, behaviour or thinking; ripe.
Matureadjective
Brought to a state of complete readiness.
Matureadjective
Profound; careful.
Matureadjective
Come to, or in a state of, completed suppuration.
Matureverb
To become mature; to ripen.
Matureverb
(intransitive) To gain experience or wisdom with age.
Matureverb
(transitive) To make something mature.
Matureverb
To reach the date when payment is due
Matureadjective
Brought by natural process to completeness of growth and development; fitted by growth and development for any function, action, or state, appropriate to its kind; full-grown; ripe.
Matureadjective
Completely worked out; fully digested or prepared; ready for action; made ready for destined application or use; perfected; as, a mature plan.
Matureadjective
Of or pertaining to a condition of full development; as, a man of mature years.
Matureadjective
Come to, or in a state of, completed suppuration.
Matureverb
To bring or hasten to maturity; to promote ripeness in; to ripen; to complete; as, to mature one's plans.
Matureverb
To advance toward maturity; to become ripe; as, wine matures by age; the judgment matures by age and experience.
Matureverb
Hence, to become due, as a note.
Matureverb
develop and reach maturity; undergo maturation;
Matureverb
develop and work out fully in one's mind;
Matureverb
become due for repayment;
Matureverb
cause to ripen or develop fully;
Matureverb
grow old or older;
Matureverb
cause to ripen and discharge pus;
Matureadjective
characteristic of maturity;
Matureadjective
fully considered and perfected;
Matureadjective
having reached full natural growth or development;
Matureadjective
fully developed or matured and ready to be eaten or used;
Matureadjective
(of birds) having developed feathers or plumage; often used in combination
Youngadjective
In the early part of growth or life; born not long ago.
Youngadjective
At an early stage of existence or development; having recently come into existence.
Youngadjective
(Not) advanced in age; (far towards or) at a specified stage of existence or age.
Youngadjective
Junior (of two related people with the same name).
Youngadjective
(of a decade of life) Early.
Youngadjective
Youthful; having the look or qualities of a young person.
Youngadjective
Of or belonging to the early part of life.
Youngadjective
(obsolete) Having little experience; inexperienced; unpracticed; ignorant; weak.
Youngnoun
People who are young; young people, collectively; youth.
Youngnoun
Young or immature offspring (especially of an animal).
Youngnoun
An individual offspring; a single recently born or hatched organism.
Youngverb
To become or seem to become younger.
Youngverb
To cause to appear younger.
Youngverb
(geology) To exhibit younging.
Youngadjective
Not long born; still in the first part of life; not yet arrived at adolescence, maturity, or age; not old; juvenile; - said of animals; as, a young child; a young man; a young fawn.
Youngadjective
Being in the first part, pr period, of growth; as, a young plant; a young tree.
Youngadjective
Having little experience; inexperienced; unpracticed; ignorant; weak.
Youngnoun
The offspring of animals, either a single animal or offspring collectively.
Youngnoun
any immature animal
Youngnoun
United States film and television actress (1913-2000)
Youngnoun
United States civil rights leader (1921-1971)
Youngnoun
British physicist and Egyptologist; he revived the wave theory of light and proposed a three-component theory of color vision; he also played an important role in deciphering the hieroglyphics on the Rosetta Stone (1773-1829)
Youngnoun
United States jazz tenor saxophonist (1909-1959)
Youngnoun
English poet (1683-1765)
Youngnoun
United States baseball player and famous pitcher (1867-1955)
Youngnoun
United States religious leader of the Mormon Church after the assassination of Joseph Smith; he led the Mormon exodus from Illinois to Salt Lake City, Utah (1801-1877)
Youngnoun
young people collectively;
Youngadjective
(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth;
Youngadjective
(of crops) harvested at an early stage of development; before complete maturity;
Youngadjective
having lived or existed for only a short time
Youngadjective
not as old as the norm or as would be expected
Youngadjective
relating to or consisting of young people
Youngadjective
immature or inexperienced
Youngadjective
having the qualities associated with young people, such as enthusiasm and optimism
Youngadjective
used to denote the younger of two people of the same name
Youngadjective
denoting the heir of a landed commoner
Youngnoun
offspring, especially of an animal before or soon after birth
