immature

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.