MATURITY Synonyms: 40 Similar and Opposite Words

maturity

noun

mə-ˈchu̇r-ə-tē

Definition of maturity

as in adulthood

the state of being fully grown or developed people are legally considered to have reached maturity at the age of 18 in the United States

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as in age

the state of being an old person special senior citizen discounts are one advantage of maturity

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Recent Examples of maturity But waiting for quantum maturity before designing for its convergence risks enterprises architecting for yesterday’s business boundaries. — Rajjie Sarmey, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026 Scale the conversation based on your child’s age and maturity level. — Lisa Milbrand, Parents, 16 Oct. 2026 That includes procurement sources, manufacturing readiness, technology maturity and application requirements. — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 15 Oct. 2026 By his reckoning, lithium-ion technology is at best 20% of the way through its maturity curve, maybe 10% by conservative estimates. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for maturity

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Noun

And now, after 30 years of tumult and triumph, Bryan is trying on actual adulthood.

— Grayson Haver Currin, Pitchfork, 20 Oct. 2026
These children often take on adult responsibilities without receiving proper acknowledgment or support for doing so—and often have difficulty expressing their needs and maintaining healthy relationships in adulthood.

— Parents, Parents, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of adulthood

Noun

Current facial recognition systems, originally developed for photographs, can compare faces despite differences in pose, lighting, expression, age, and image quality.

— Karen Chernick, ARTnews.com, 21 Oct. 2026
Other foldables do this too — Samsung and Google and Huawei have been pushing the envelope of gadget-y smartphones for ages — but Apple’s played it so safe for so long that the Duo is legitimately surprising.

— Nilay Patel, The Verge, 21 Oct. 2026

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