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Antonyms for ripe
raɪpripe

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  1. ripeverb

    Antonyms:
    unripe

  2. ripeadjective

    A fruit or vegetable which has ripened.

    Antonyms:
    unripe

  3. ripeadjective

    Antonyms:
    unripe

  4. ripeadjective

    Antonyms:
    unripe

  5. ripeadjective

    Antonyms:
    unripe

  6. ripeadjective

    Antonyms:
    unripe

  7. ripeadjective

    Antonyms:
    unripe

  8. ripeadjective

    Antonyms:
    unripe

  9. ripeadjective

    Antonyms:
    unripe

  10. ripeadjective

    Antonyms:
    unripe

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. ripe

    Antonyms:
    raw, crude, immature, imperfect, undeveloped, blighted, unseasoned, sour, unready, unfit, unprepared, unmellowed, green, withered

    Synonyms:
    perfect, developed, full, matured, seasoned, ready, prepared, mellow, mature, advanced, consummate

Princeton's WordNet1.0 / 1 vote

  1. ripe, matureadjective

    fully developed or matured and ready to be eaten or used

    "ripe peaches"; "full-bodied mature wines"

    Antonyms:
    unripened, unripe, green, immature, middle, unaged, early, unready, inopportune

    Synonyms:
    advanced, fledged, good, ripe(p), right, matured, mature

  2. ripe(p)adjective

    fully prepared or eager

    "the colonists were ripe for revolution"

    Antonyms:
    early, unripe, green, middle, inopportune, unaged, immature, unready, unripened

  3. good, right, ripeadjective

    most suitable or right for a particular purpose

    "a good time to plant tomatoes"; "the right time to act"; "the time is ripe for great sociological changes"

    Antonyms:
    unripe, unready, middle, unripened, early, inopportune, immature, green, unaged

    Synonyms:
    dear, good, beneficial, in effect(p), unspoiled, skillful, sound, secure, serious, effective, upright, salutary, in force(p), skilful, practiced, dependable, estimable, veracious, expert, correct, just, proficient, right-hand(a), right(a), proper, full, honest, respectable, undecomposed, unspoilt, mature, ripe(p), safe, adept, honorable, well(p), right, near, advanced

  4. ripeadjective

    at the highest point of development especially in judgment or knowledge

    "a ripe mind"

    Antonyms:
    inopportune, immature, early, unaged, unripened, unripe, middle, unready, green

    Synonyms:
    good, mature, right, advanced, ripe(p)

  5. advanced, ripeadjective

    far along in time

    "a man of advanced age"; "advanced in years"; "a ripe old age"; "the ripe age of 90"

    Antonyms:
    immature, unripened, early, green, unaged, middle, unready, unripe, inopportune

    Synonyms:
    sophisticated, innovative, advance(a), advanced, modern, good, advanced(a), ripe(p), right, forward-looking, mature, in advance(p)

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words1.0 / 1 vote

  1. ripeadjective

    Synonyms:
    mature, ripened, consummate, complete, perfect, suppurated, matured, rareripe

How to use ripe in a sentence?

  1. Joe Trippi:

    The environment is ripe for anti-Washington, anti-politician candidacy. The more the Republican establishment circles the wagons, the more people are attracted to him.

  2. Tom Porcelli:

    We think last week's print of just under 3.5 million is ripe for a dramatic upward revision, this week we look for another sizeable 4 million increase.

  3. Nelson Mendela:

    We must use time wisely and forever realize that the time is always ripe to do right.

  4. Ziyavudin Magomedov:

    Then everything will flourish in glorious colors, the time is ripe for reforms.

  5. Pat Carey:

    I'm a former minister of a former government who at the ripe old age of 65 summoned up the courage to tell his family and friends that he was gay.

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Words popularity by usage frequency

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#733green
#801early
#1141middle
#3079raw
#6621ripe
#9920crude
#12027sour
#21090imperfect
#22794immature
#29642unfit
#32205undeveloped
#37383unprepared
#50616withered
#57906blighted
#120368unripe
#130926inopportune
#175874unready
#234924unseasoned

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