premature

1. 1.

   born after a gestation period of less than the normal time

   “a premature infant”

   Antonymsfull-term
2. 2.

   too soon or too hasty

   “our condemnation of him was a bit previous”

   “a premature judgment”

   Synonymsprevious

   Similarearly
3. 3.

   uncommonly early or before the expected time

   “illness led to his premature death”

   “alcohol brought him to an untimely end”

   Synonymsuntimely

   Similarearly

Questions about premature

What does premature mean?

premature means "born after a gestation period of less than the normal time". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in premature?

premature has 3 syllables: pre-ma-ture. The stress falls on "ture". In IPA it is /ˌpɹiməˈtʃʊɹ/.

What is another word for premature?

Close synonyms include previous, untimely. 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 premature?

The recorded antonyms are full-term.

Is premature a common word?

premature 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.

What rhymes with premature?

2 words rhyme with premature. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.