premature
Before the time
Premature means happening before the proper or expected time.
A premature birth occurs before full term.
A premature conclusion is reached without sufficient evidence.
It's premature to celebrate—the outcome isn't certain yet.
The word often carries a note of caution: acting or judging too soon risks being wrong.
Premature ejaculation is sexual climax occurring sooner than desired.
Not fully formed
- unfinishedNot yet complete
- half-bakedInsufficiently planned or considered
- abortiveFailed before completion
- arrestedSeized by authorities
inchoate · unformed · rudimentary · embryonic · nascent · incipient · unripe · not ready
Heedless or skin irritation
- impetuousActing on sudden urge
- precipitateHeadlong and reckless
- ill-consideredLacking careful thought
- overhastyExcessively quick to act
headlong · reckless · incautious · foolhardy · imprudent · unthinking · snap judgment · jumping the gun
Baby born early
- pretermBefore expected arrival
- NICUIntensive care for newborns
- incubatorControlled warming enclosure
- neonatalOf earliest infancy
low birth weight · kangaroo care · viability · neonatology · gestational age · surfactant · jaundice · feeding tube
Occurring too soon
- too soonEarlier than appropriate
- ahead of scheduleBefore the planned time
- anticipatedExpected in advance
- unexpectedNot anticipated beforehand
unforeseen · accelerated · advanced · beforehand · preceding · prior · early onset
Strenuous effort; also childbirth
- deliveryConveyance of goods
- contractionsShortened word forms
- cervical dilationWidening of womb's exit
- bed restPrescribed period of lying down
progesterone · water breaking · induced · complications · high-risk pregnancy · hospitalization · monitoring · ultrasound
undeveloped
Not fully formed
- unfinishedNot yet complete
- half-bakedInsufficiently planned or considered
- abortiveFailed before completion
arrested · inchoate · unformed · rudimentary · embryonic · nascent · incipient · unripe · not ready · unprepared
rash
Heedless or skin irritation
- impetuousActing on sudden urge
- precipitateHeadlong and reckless
- ill-consideredLacking careful thought
overhasty · headlong · reckless · incautious · foolhardy · imprudent · unthinking · snap judgment · jumping the gun · ill-timed
preemie
Baby born early
neonatal · low birth weight · kangaroo care · viability · neonatology · gestational age · surfactant · jaundice · feeding tube · developmental delays
untimely
Occurring too soon
- too soonEarlier than appropriate
- ahead of scheduleBefore the planned time
- anticipatedExpected in advance
unexpected · unforeseen · accelerated · advanced · beforehand · preceding · prior · early onset
labor
Strenuous effort; also childbirth
- deliveryConveyance of goods
- contractionsShortened word forms
- cervical dilationWidening of womb's exit
bed rest · progesterone · water breaking · induced · complications · high-risk pregnancy · hospitalization · monitoring · ultrasound · fetal development
ejaculation
Sudden expulsion or outcry
menopause · senility · degeneration · atrophy · deterioration · onset · diagnosis · symptoms · condition · treatment
- birthlive birth, stillbirth, breech birth, multiple birth, twin birth
- timesecond, minute, hour, day, seconds
- time wordsminute, hour, day, now, soon
- maturityadulthood, come of age, ripe, unripe, adult
- timingtiming, stopwatch, pause, early, countdown
- unfinishedincomplete, unfinished, partial, half-formed, underdone
prematurelate
Not on time
overdue · belated · tardy · delayed · behind schedule
prematuremature
Fully grown or developed
ripe · developed · grown · ready · full-grown
prematurewell-timed
Happening at the best moment
prepared · careful · cautious · deliberate · considered
- premature babyInfant born before term
- premature birthDelivery before 37 weeks
- premature agingAccelerated biological deterioration
- premature deliveryBirth before full gestation
- premature deathDying younger than expected
- died prematurelyExpired before expected lifespan