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Immature

Not mature; unripe; not arrived at perfection of full development; crude; unfinished; as, immature fruit; immature character; immature plans.

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Adolescent 84% connected

Growing; advancing from childhood to maturity.

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Adolescent 84% connected

Growing; advancing from childhood to maturity.

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Babyish 84% connected

Like a baby; childish; puerile; simple.

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Babyish 84% connected

Like a baby; childish; puerile; simple.

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Boyish 84% connected

Resembling a boy in a manners or opinions; belonging to a boy; childish; trifling; puerile.

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Boyish 84% connected

Resembling a boy in a manners or opinions; belonging to a boy; childish; trifling; puerile.

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Childish 84% connected

Of, pertaining to, befitting, or resembling, a child.

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Childish 84% connected

Of, pertaining to, befitting, or resembling, a child.

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Childlike 84% connected

Resembling a child, or that which belongs to children; becoming a child; meek; submissive; dutiful.

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Childlike 84% connected

Resembling a child, or that which belongs to children; becoming a child; meek; submissive; dutiful.

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Childly 84% connected

Having the character of a child; belonging, or appropriate, to a child.

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Childly 84% connected

Having the character of a child; belonging, or appropriate, to a child.

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Early 84% connected

Soon; in good season; seasonably; betimes; as, come early.

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Early 84% connected

Soon; in good season; seasonably; betimes; as, come early.

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Embryologic 84% connected

Alt. of Embryological

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Embryologic 84% connected

Alt. of Embryological

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Embryonal 84% connected

Pertaining to an embryo, or the initial state of any organ; embryonic.

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Embryonal 84% connected

Pertaining to an embryo, or the initial state of any organ; embryonic.

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Embryonic 84% connected

Of or pertaining to an embryo; embryonal; rudimentary.

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Embryonic 84% connected

Of or pertaining to an embryo; embryonal; rudimentary.

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Girlish 84% connected

Like, or characteristic of, a girl; of or pertaining to girlhood; innocent; artless; immature; weak; as, girlish ways; girlish grief.

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Girlish 84% connected

Like, or characteristic of, a girl; of or pertaining to girlhood; innocent; artless; immature; weak; as, girlish ways; girlish grief.

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Inceptive 84% connected

Beginning; expressing or indicating beginning; as, an inceptive proposition; an inceptive verb, which expresses the beginning of action; -- called al…

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Inceptive 84% connected

Beginning; expressing or indicating beginning; as, an inceptive proposition; an inceptive verb, which expresses the beginning of action; -- called al…

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Inchoative 84% connected

Expressing or pertaining to a beginning; inceptive; as, an inchoative verb.

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Inchoative 84% connected

Expressing or pertaining to a beginning; inceptive; as, an inchoative verb.

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Infantile 84% connected

Of or pertaining to infancy, or to an infant; similar to, or characteristic of, an infant; childish; as, infantile behavior.

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Infantile 84% connected

Of or pertaining to infancy, or to an infant; similar to, or characteristic of, an infant; childish; as, infantile behavior.

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Jejune 84% connected

Lacking matter; empty; void of substance.

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Jejune 84% connected

Lacking matter; empty; void of substance.

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Junior 84% connected

Less advanced in age than another; younger.

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Junior 84% connected

Less advanced in age than another; younger.

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Juvenile 84% connected

Young; youthful; as, a juvenile appearance.

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Juvenile 84% connected

Young; youthful; as, a juvenile appearance.

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Larval 84% connected

Of or pertaining to a larva.

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Larval 84% connected

Of or pertaining to a larva.

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Little 84% connected

Small in size or extent; not big; diminutive; -- opposed to big or large; as, a little body; a little animal; a little piece of ground; a little hill…

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Little 84% connected

Small in size or extent; not big; diminutive; -- opposed to big or large; as, a little body; a little animal; a little piece of ground; a little hill…

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Newborn 84% connected

Recently born.

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Newborn 84% connected

Recently born.

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Pubescent 84% connected

Arrived at puberty.

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Pubescent 84% connected

Arrived at puberty.

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Puerile 84% connected

Boyish; childish; trifling; silly.

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Puerile 84% connected

Boyish; childish; trifling; silly.

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Pupal 84% connected

Of or pertaining to a pupa, or the condition of a pupa.

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Pupal 84% connected

Of or pertaining to a pupa, or the condition of a pupa.

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Puppyish 84% connected

Like a puppy.

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Puppyish 84% connected

Like a puppy.

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Small 84% connected

Having little size, compared with other things of the same kind; little in quantity or degree; diminutive; not large or extended in dimension; not gr…

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Small 84% connected

Having little size, compared with other things of the same kind; little in quantity or degree; diminutive; not large or extended in dimension; not gr…

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Teen 84% connected

Grief; sorrow; affiction; pain.

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Teen 84% connected

Grief; sorrow; affiction; pain.

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Teenage 84% connected

The longer wood for making or mending fences.

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Teenage 84% connected

The longer wood for making or mending fences.

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Tender 84% connected

One who tends; one who takes care of any person or thing; a nurse.

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Tender 84% connected

One who tends; one who takes care of any person or thing; a nurse.

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Vernal 84% connected

Of or pertaining to the spring; appearing in the spring; as, vernal bloom.

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Vernal 84% connected

Of or pertaining to the spring; appearing in the spring; as, vernal bloom.

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Young 84% connected

Not long born; still in the first part of life; not yet arrived at adolescence, maturity, or age; not old; juvenile; -- said of animals; as, a young…

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Young 84% connected

Not long born; still in the first part of life; not yet arrived at adolescence, maturity, or age; not old; juvenile; -- said of animals; as, a young…

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Youngish 84% connected

Somewhat young.

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Youngish 84% connected

Somewhat young.

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Youthful 84% connected

Not yet mature or aged; young.

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Youthful 84% connected

Not yet mature or aged; young.

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Immatureness 74% connected

The state or quality of being immature; immaturity.

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Immatureness 74% connected

The state or quality of being immature; immaturity.

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Immaturity 74% connected

The state or quality of being immature or not fully developed; unripeness; incompleteness.

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Immaturity 74% connected

The state or quality of being immature or not fully developed; unripeness; incompleteness.

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Young 74% connected

Not long born; still in the first part of life; not yet arrived at adolescence, maturity, or age; not old; juvenile; -- said of animals; as, a young…

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Young 74% connected

Not long born; still in the first part of life; not yet arrived at adolescence, maturity, or age; not old; juvenile; -- said of animals; as, a young…

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Youngness 74% connected

The quality or state of being young.

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Youngness 74% connected

The quality or state of being young.

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Age 66% connected

The whole duration of a being, whether animal, vegetable, or other kind; lifetime.

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Age 66% connected

The whole duration of a being, whether animal, vegetable, or other kind; lifetime.

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Matureness 66% connected

The state or quality of being mature; maturity.

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Matureness 66% connected

The state or quality of being mature; maturity.

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Maturity 66% connected

The state or quality of being mature; ripeness; full development; as, the maturity of corn or of grass; maturity of judgment; the maturity of a plan.

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Maturity 66% connected

The state or quality of being mature; ripeness; full development; as, the maturity of corn or of grass; maturity of judgment; the maturity of a plan.

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Junior 66% connected

Less advanced in age than another; younger.

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Junior 66% connected

Less advanced in age than another; younger.

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New 66% connected

Having existed, or having been made, but a short time; having originated or occured lately; having recently come into existence, or into one's posses…

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New 66% connected

Having existed, or having been made, but a short time; having originated or occured lately; having recently come into existence, or into one's posses…

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Premature 66% connected

Mature or ripe before the proper time; as, the premature fruits of a hotbed.

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Premature 66% connected

Mature or ripe before the proper time; as, the premature fruits of a hotbed.

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Young 66% connected

Not long born; still in the first part of life; not yet arrived at adolescence, maturity, or age; not old; juvenile; -- said of animals; as, a young…

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Young 66% connected

Not long born; still in the first part of life; not yet arrived at adolescence, maturity, or age; not old; juvenile; -- said of animals; as, a young…

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Synonym 4

Green 92% connected

Having the color of grass when fresh and growing; resembling that color of the solar spectrum which is between the yellow and the blue; verdant; emer…

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Unfledged 92% connected

Not fledged; not feathered; hence, not fully developed; immature.

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Unripe 92% connected

Not ripe; as, unripe fruit.

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Young 92% connected

Not long born; still in the first part of life; not yet arrived at adolescence, maturity, or age; not old; juvenile; -- said of animals; as, a young…

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Antonym 6

Mature 94% connected

Brought by natural process to completeness of growth and development; fitted by growth and development for any function, action, or state, appropriat…

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Mature 94% connected

Brought by natural process to completeness of growth and development; fitted by growth and development for any function, action, or state, appropriat…

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Old 94% connected

Open country.

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Old 94% connected

Open country.

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