ripe

Other forms of ripe

comparative

riper·

superlative

ripest·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about ripe

What does ripe mean?

ripe means "fully developed or matured and ready to be eaten or used". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in ripe?

ripe has 1 syllable: ripe. In IPA it is /ˈɹaɪp/.

What is another word for ripe?

Close synonyms include mature, good, right, advanced. 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 ripe?

The recorded antonyms are green.

Is ripe a common word?

ripe 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 ripe?

1 word rhymes with ripe. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.