maturing
Becoming fully developed
Maturing describes the process of becoming fully developed, ripe, or due.
A person maturing is growing toward adulthood or gaining wisdom and emotional stability: She's really maturing into a thoughtful leader.
Investments or bonds maturing are approaching their payment date.
Cheese, wine, or whiskey maturing is aging toward its optimal state.
The word emphasizes ongoing development rather than completion—something still in progress toward its final form.
Penetrating mental acuity
- insightDeep perceptive understanding
- prudenceCareful, wise judgment
- discernmentKeen perception and judgment
- judgmentReasoned decision-making capacity
understanding · foresight · enlightenment · experience · acumen · astuteness · shrewdness · perception
Seeds beginning growth
- germinationSeed's initial growth phase
- seedlingRecently sprouted young plant
- buddingDeveloping from an outgrowth
- flourishingProspering vigorously
blooming · expansion · proliferation · enlargement · spreading · stretching · broadening · enhancement
Teenage developmental stage
- pubertySexual development stage
- coming-of-ageYouth becoming adulthood
- transitionChange from one state
- progressionSequential forward movement
blossoming · formation · socialization · upbringing · nurturing · cultivation · self-discovery · identity
Gathering mature crops
juicy · picking · vineyard · orchard · plump · soften · flavorful · climacteric
Gradual functional decline with age
- elderlyAdvanced in age
- geriatricsMedicine for the elderly
- retirementLeaving the workforce permanently
- grayingLosing color with age
wrinkles · menopause · andropause · osteoporosis · arthritis · seniority · pension · twilight
sagacity
Penetrating mental acuity
- insightDeep perceptive understanding
- prudenceCareful, wise judgment
- discernmentKeen perception and judgment
judgment · understanding · foresight · enlightenment · experience · acumen · astuteness · shrewdness · perception · sophistication
sprouting
Seeds beginning growth
- germinationSeed's initial growth phase
- seedlingRecently sprouted young plant
- buddingDeveloping from an outgrowth
flourishing · blooming · expansion · proliferation · enlargement · spreading · stretching · broadening · enhancement · augmentation
adolescence
Teenage developmental stage
- pubertySexual development stage
- coming-of-ageYouth becoming adulthood
- transitionChange from one state
progression · blossoming · formation · socialization · upbringing · nurturing · cultivation · self-discovery · identity · individualization
harvest
Gathering mature crops
tender · juicy · picking · vineyard · orchard · plump · soften · flavorful · climacteric · fertile
senescence
Gradual functional decline with age
- elderlyAdvanced in age
- geriatricsMedicine for the elderly
- retirementLeaving the workforce permanently
graying · wrinkles · menopause · andropause · osteoporosis · arthritis · seniority · pension · twilight · decline
- growthgrowth, grow, growing, growth rate, increase
- growth stagesdeveloping, adult, juvenile, young, old
- maturationripening, development, growth, aging, puberty
- progressprogress, in progress, promotion, raise, making progress
- crop stagesplanting, sowing, germination, sprouting, seedling
- curingdry curing, sugar curing, smoke curing, curing, brining
maturingregressing
Returning to earlier state
declining · dying · deteriorating · retrogressing · devolving
- emotional maturityAbility to manage feelings well
- sexual maturityReproductive capacity attained
- maturity ratingContent suitability classification
- maturity dateWhen debt must repay
- spiritual maturityAdvanced inner development
- early maturityDevelopment ahead of typical timeline