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of age

ADJECTIVE
adult
Synonyms
WEAK
developed grown grown-up ripe ripened
Antonyms
WEAK
adolescent infant
ADJECTIVE
full-grown/full-fledged
Synonyms
WEAK
adult full-blown grown grown-up in one's prime marriageable mature nubile perfected prime ripened
Antonyms
WEAK
new small underdeveloped undeveloped unripe young
ADJECTIVE
grown-up
Synonyms
WEAK
developed full-fledged full-grown fully developed grown mature
ADJECTIVE
marriageable
Synonyms
WEAK
adult grown-up mature
ADJECTIVE
mature
Synonyms
STRONGEST
matured sophisticated
STRONG
complete cultivated cultured developed fit grown mellow mellowed perfected prepared prime ready ripe ripened seasoned settled
WEAK
full-blown full-fledged full-grown fully grown in full bloom in one's prime
Antonyms
STRONG
ignorant immature inexperienced unprepared unready unripe unsuitable
WEAK
green young youthful

Example Sentences

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Karol came of age during the ascent of reggaeton and Latin club music as a new default in pop, and the first third of the show played to those uncompromising but crowd-pleasing strengths.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026

Unlike the stand-up comedians who came of age in the small clubs of cities like Mumbai and Bangalore, Raina was a child of the internet.

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026

Experts say airlines started to really embrace the a la carte — or unbundled — pricing model when online travel-booking platforms came of age several years ago.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 10, 2026

Intimidating and brilliant, his Julian Sklar is by turns amusingly viperish and not quite successful at concealing the softness of age.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

Age is no longer a consideration, although most have started the program between 26 and 46 years of age.

From "Women in Space" by Karen Bush Gibson