noun
1. the period of time in your life after your physical growth has stopped and you are fully developed (Freq. 16)
• Syn: ↑adulthood
• Hypernyms: ↑time of life
• Hyponyms: ↑prime, ↑prime of life
• Part Meronyms:
↑teens, ↑twenties, ↑mid-twenties, ↑thirties, ↑mid-thirties, ↑thirty-something, ↑forties, ↑mid-forties, ↑fifties, ↑mid-fifties, ↑majority, ↑legal age, ↑drinking age, ↑voting age, ↑middle age
2. state of being mature; full development (Freq. 11)
• Syn: ↑matureness
• Ant: ↑immaturity
• Derivationally related forms: ↑mature (for: ↑matureness), ↑mature
• Hypernyms: ↑state
• Hyponyms: ↑adulthood, ↑ripeness, ↑youth, ↑post-maturity, ↑post-menopause
3. the date on which an obligation must be repaid (Freq. 1)
• Syn: ↑maturity date, ↑due date
• Hypernyms: ↑date, ↑day of the month
Useful english dictionary. 2012.