What does immature mean?

immature means "characteristic of a lack of maturity". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in immature?

immature has 3 syllables: im-ma-ture. The stress falls on "ture". In IPA it is /ˌɪməˈtjʊɹ/.

What is another word for immature?

Close synonyms include young, green, unripe, unripened, unfledged. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of immature?

The recorded antonyms are mature, mature.

Is immature a common word?

immature is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

immature — meaning, pronunciation and 5 definitions

adjective

5 sensesA word that describes or qualifies a noun.

1.
characteristic of a lack of maturity
“immature behavior”
Antonymsmature
Similaradolescent babyish childish
2.
(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth
“young people”
Synonymsyoung
Similarone-year-old two-year-old three-year-old four-year-old five-year-old adolescent infantile boyish
living thing
3.
not fully developed or mature; not ripe
“unripe fruit”
“fried green tomatoes”
“green wood”
Synonymsgreen unripe unripened
Similarunaged
4.
not yet mature
Antonymsmature
Similaradolescent embryonic inchoative larval prepubescent prepupal pubescent pupal
5.
(of birds) not yet having developed feathers
“a small unfledged sparrow on the window sill”
Synonymsunfledged
Similarunfeathered

Questions about immature

What does immature mean?: immature means "characteristic of a lack of maturity". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.
How many syllables are in immature?: immature has 3 syllables: im-ma-ture. The stress falls on "ture". In IPA it is /ˌɪməˈtjʊɹ/.
What is another word for immature?: Close synonyms include young, green, unripe, unripened, unfledged. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.
What is the opposite of immature?: The recorded antonyms are mature, mature.
Is immature a common word?: immature is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for immature come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.

adjective

5 sensesA word that describes or qualifies a noun.

1.
characteristic of a lack of maturity
“immature behavior”
Antonymsmature
Similaradolescent babyish childish
2.
(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth
“young people”
Synonymsyoung
Similarone-year-old two-year-old three-year-old four-year-old five-year-old adolescent infantile boyish
living thing
3.
not fully developed or mature; not ripe
“unripe fruit”
“fried green tomatoes”
“green wood”
Synonymsgreen unripe unripened
Similarunaged
4.
not yet mature
Antonymsmature
Similaradolescent embryonic inchoative larval prepubescent prepupal pubescent pupal
5.
(of birds) not yet having developed feathers
“a small unfledged sparrow on the window sill”
Synonymsunfledged
Similarunfeathered

Questions about immature

What does immature mean?: immature means "characteristic of a lack of maturity". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.
How many syllables are in immature?: immature has 3 syllables: im-ma-ture. The stress falls on "ture". In IPA it is /ˌɪməˈtjʊɹ/.
What is another word for immature?: Close synonyms include young, green, unripe, unripened, unfledged. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.
What is the opposite of immature?: The recorded antonyms are mature, mature.
Is immature a common word?: immature is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

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