ripe
/ɹaɪp/adjective1 syllable
Ripe means: fully developed or matured and ready to be eaten or used.
Synonyms for ripe12
adjective, as in fully developed or matured and ready to be eaten or used
adjective, as in fully prepared or eager
adjective, as in at the highest point of development especially in judgment or knowledge
Opposites of ripe
What does ripe mean?5
adjective
fully developed or matured and ready to be eaten or used“ripe peaches”
most suitable or right for a particular purpose“a good time to plant tomatoes”
far along in time“a man of advanced age”
fully prepared or eager“the colonists were ripe for revolution”
at the highest point of development especially in judgment or knowledge“a ripe mind”
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What rhymes with ripe?8
Ripe in a sentence
- Like a ripe strawberry, so is the red lip of my beloved.Miktsoanit
- When fruit is ripe, it falls from the tree.araneo
- In the summer, when the wind blows, ripe wheat moves like golden waves.gravnash
- Pears, when they are ripe, fall by themselves.jimkillock
- These grapes are definitely sour, since they're not ripe yet.Nylez
- When figs are ripe, they contain less latex.Amastan
- I'm afraid the time is not yet ripe for it.Objectivesea
- How do you tell when a pineapple is ripe?CM
Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.
Forms of ripe
as a adjective
- comparative
- riper
- superlative
- ripest