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Definitions for Ripe

[1] having arrived at such a stage of growth or development as to be ready for reaping, gathering, eating, or use, as grain or fruit; completely matured.
[2] resembling such fruit, as in ruddiness and fullness: ripe, red lips.
[3] advanced to the point of being in the best condition for use, as cheese or beer.
[4] fully grown or developed, as animals when ready to be killed and used for food.
[5] arrived at the highest or a high point of development or excellence; mature.
[6] of mature judgment or knowledge: ripe scholars; a ripe mind.
[7] characterized by full development of body or mind: of ripe years.
[8] (of time) advanced: a ripe old age.
[9] (of ideas, plans, etc.) ready for action, execution, etc.
[10] (of people) fully prepared or ready to do or undergo something: He was ripe for a change in jobs.
[11] fully or sufficiently advanced; ready enough; auspicious: The time is ripe for a new foreign policy.
[12] ready for some operation or process: a ripe abscess.
[13] Archaic . drunk: reeling ripe.
[14] (of fruit, grain, etc) mature and ready to be eaten or used; fully developed
[15] mature enough to be eaten or used ripe cheese
[16] fully developed in mind or body
[17] resembling ripe fruit, esp in redness or fullness a ripe complexion
[18] (postpositive foll by for ) ready or eager (to undertake or undergo an action)
[19] (postpositive foll by for ) suitable; right or opportune the time is not yet ripe
[20] mature in judgment or knowledge
[21] advanced but healthy (esp in the phrase a ripe old age )
[22] slang complete; thorough excessive; exorbitant
[23] slang slightly indecent; risqué

Words related to Ripe

ready, prepared, overdue, mature, plump, suitable, opportune, accomplished, adult, aged, completed, conditioned, consummate, enlightened, enriched, finished, fit, full, full-blown, full-fledged

Words nearby Ripe

rip-rap, rip-roaring, riparian, riparian right, ripcord, ripe, ripe old age, ripe rot, ripen, ripidolite, ripieno

Origin of Ripe

before 900; Middle English; Old English rīpe; cognate with Dutch rijp, German reif; akin to Old English ripan to reap

Words that may be confused with Ripe

rife, ripe, (see, synonym, study, at, the, current, entry)

Other words from Ripe

ripe·ly , adverb
ripe·ness , noun
half-ripe , adjective

Word origin for Ripe

Old English rīpe ; related to Old Saxon rīpi , Old High German rīfi , German reif

Synonyms for Ripe

mature, overdue, plump, prepared, ready, accomplished, adult, aged, completed, conditioned, consummate, enlightened, enriched, filled out, finished, fit, full, full-blown, full-fledged, fully grown, grown, grown-up, in readiness, increased, informed, judicious, learned, matured, mellow, perfected, prime, ripened, sagacious, seasoned, skilled, skillful, sound, timely, usable, versed, well-timed, wise