premature

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.