nubile
Ready for marriage
Nubile describes a young woman who is sexually mature and attractive, particularly of marriageable age.
The word carries an appreciative or appraising tone: a nubile young actress, nubile dancers.
Though it technically just means "of marriageable age," modern usage emphasizes physical attractiveness and youthful sexuality, making it mildly objectifying.
Meeting required conditions
- betrothedEngaged to marry
- matrimonyLegal union of spouses
- wedlockState of being spouses
- matchmakingArranging romantic connections
bridal · engagement · dowry · courtship · matrimonial · wedding · bride-to-be · fiancé
Powerfully appealing
- desirableWorth having or seeking
- appealingPleasant and inviting
- lovelyAttractive and pleasing
- comelyAttractively pleasing to view
winsome · beguiling · fetching · shapely · lissome · lithe · svelte · youthful
Reproductive capacity
- childbearingGiving birth to young
- reproductiveRelated to producing offspring
- ovulationEgg discharge from ovary
- conceptionFormation of an idea
procreation · breeding · fruitful · womb · pubescent · menarche · ripeness · fecund
eligible
Meeting required conditions
matchmaking · bridal · engagement · dowry · courtship · matrimonial · wedding · bride-to-be · fiancé · fiancée
alluring
Powerfully appealing
comely · winsome · beguiling · fetching · shapely · lissome · lithe · svelte · youthful · fresh-faced
fecundity
Reproductive capacity
- childbearingGiving birth to young
- reproductiveRelated to producing offspring
- ovulationEgg discharge from ovary
conception · procreation · breeding · fruitful · womb · pubescent · menarche · ripeness · fecund · nymphlike
nubileprepubescent
Before sexual maturation
immature · preadolescent · underage · juvenile · undeveloped
nubileaged
Advanced in years
elderly · old · matronly · past one's prime · withered
nubileunmarriageable
Unfit for wedlock
ineligible · underage · too young · betrothed · married