| Main Entry: | mature |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | adult, grown-up |
Synonyms: |
complete, cultivated, cultured, developed, fit, full-blown, full-fledged, full-grown, fully grown, grown, in full bloom, in one's prime, matured, mellow, mellowed, of age, perfected, prepared, prime, ready, ripe, ripened, seasoned, settled, sophisticated |
Antonyms: |
green, immature, inexperienced, young, youthful |
| Main Entry: | big |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | grown |
Synonyms: |
adult, elder, full-grown, grown-up, mature, tall |
Antonyms: |
adolescent, baby, babyish, infant, infantile, juvenile |
| Main Entry: | due |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unpaid; owing money |
Synonyms: |
IOU, chargeable, collectible, expected, in arrears, mature, not met, outstanding, overdue, owed, payable, receivable, scheduled, to be paid, unliquidated, unsatisfied, unsettled |
Antonyms: |
paid |
| Main Entry: | experienced |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | knowledgeable, knowing |
Synonyms: |
accomplished, accustomed, adept, been around, been there, broken in, capable, competent, cultivated, dynamite, expert, familiar, having something on the ball, in the know, instructed, knowing one's stuff, knowing the score, mature, matured, old, old hand, practical, practiced, pro, professional, qualified, rounded, seasoned, skillful, sophisticated, sport, tested, the right stuff, trained, tried, versed, vet, veteran, well-versed, wise, worldly, worldly-wise |
Antonyms: |
green, ignorant, immature, inexperienced, unfamiliar, unknowledgeable, unseasoned, unsophisticated |
| Main Entry: | full-grown/full-fledged |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | developed, ripe, ready |
Synonyms: |
adult, full-blown, grown, grown-up, in one's prime, marriageable, mature, nubile, of age, perfected, prime, ripened |
Antonyms: |
new, small, underdeveloped, undeveloped, unripe, young |
| Main Entry: | matronly |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | womanly |
Synonyms: |
dignified, female, honorable, ladylike, mature, motherly, respected, stately |
| Main Entry: | old |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | advanced in age |
Synonyms: |
aged, along in years, ancient, broken down, debilitated, decrepit, elderly, enfeebled, exhausted, experienced, fossil, geriatric, getting on, gray, gray-haired, grizzled, hoary*, impaired, inactive, infirm, mature, matured, not young, olden, oldish, over the hill, past one's prime, seasoned, senile, senior, skilled, superannuated, tired, venerable, versed, veteran, wasted* |
Antonyms: |
fresh, new, young, youthful |
| Main Entry: | outstanding |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | referring to an unpaid debt |
Synonyms: |
due, mature, ongoing, open, overdue, owing, payable, pending, remaining, uncollected, unresolved, unsettled |
Antonyms: |
paid, resolved, settled |
| Main Entry: | overdue |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | late, behind schedule |
Synonyms: |
behind time, behindhand, belated, delinquent, due, held up, hung up, jammed, long delayed, mature, not punctual, outstanding, owing, payable, tardy, unpaid, unpunctual, unsettled |
| Notes: | overdo means to do something to an excessive degree, while overdue means not paid at the scheduled time or past due |
Antonyms: |
early, paid |
| Main Entry: | owing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unpaid |
Synonyms: |
attributable, comeuppance, due, in debt, mature, matured, outstanding, overdue, owed, payable, unsettled |
Antonyms: |
paid, resolved, settled |