Word Meanings - PREMATURE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. Mature or ripe before the proper time; as, the premature fruits of a hotbed. 2. Happening, arriving, existing, or performed before the proper or usual time; adopted too soon; too early; untimely; as, a premature fall of snow; a premature birth;

Additional info about word: PREMATURE

1. Mature or ripe before the proper time; as, the premature fruits of a hotbed. 2. Happening, arriving, existing, or performed before the proper or usual time; adopted too soon; too early; untimely; as, a premature fall of snow; a premature birth; a premature opinion; premature decay. 3. Arriving or received without due authentication or evidence; as, a premature report. -- Pre`ma*ture"ly, adv. -- Pre`ma*ture"ness, n.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of PREMATURE)

• Precocious
• Premature
• predeveloped
• overforward

Related words: (words related to PREMATURE)

• PRECOCIOUS
  praecoquere to cook or ripen beforehand; prae before + coquere to 1. Ripe or mature before the proper or natural time; early or prematurely ripe or developed; as, precocious trees. Sir T. Browne. 2. Developed more than is natural or usual at
• OVERFORWARD
  Forward to excess; too forward. -- O"ver*for"ward*ness, n.
• PRECOCIOUSNESS; PRECOCITY
  The quality or state of being precocious; untimely ripeness; premature development, especially of the mental powers; forwardness. Saucy precociousness in learning. Bp. Mannyngham. That precocity which sometimes distinguishes uncommon genius. Wirt.
• PREMATURE
  1. Mature or ripe before the proper time; as, the premature fruits of a hotbed. 2. Happening, arriving, existing, or performed before the proper or usual time; adopted too soon; too early; untimely; as, a premature fall of snow; a premature birth;
• PRECOCIOUSLY
  In a precocious manner.