ripe
[adjective]
Synonyms:
- mature, mellow, ready, ripened, seasoned
- suitable, auspicious, favourable, ideal, opportune, right, timely

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Antonyms: unripe, green
Contrasted words: callow, crude, raw, rude, immature, unmatured, unmellow
Related Words: seasonable, timely, well-timed, overdue, ready

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English Thesaurus: ready, prepared, be all set, be good to go, ripe, ...

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

ripe /raɪp/ adjective (comparative riper, superlative ripest)
[Language: Old English]

1. ripe fruit or crops are fully grown and ready to eat Antonym : unripe:
Those tomatoes aren’t ripe yet.

2. be ripe for something to be ready for a change to happen, especially when it should have happened sooner:
The police forces are ripe for reform.
The former dock area is ripe for development.

3. the time is ripe (for something) used to say it is a very suitable time for something to happen, especially when it should have happened sooner:
The time is ripe for a review of progress up to now.

4. ripe old age
a) if you live to a ripe old age, you are very old when you die:
Eat less and exercise more if you want to live to a ripe old age.
b) used to show that you find it surprising or impressive that someone is doing something or has achieved something at a very young age – used humorously:
She was put in charge at the ripe old age of twenty-nine.

5. ripe cheese has developed a strong taste and is ready to eat Synonym : mature

6. especially British English a ripe smell is strong and unpleasant – used humorously:
We were pretty ripe after a week of walking.
—ripeness noun [uncountable]

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

ripe
adj.
VERBS be, feel, look, smell, taste
ADV. really, very a really ripe strawberry
fully, perfectly, quite Make sure the plums are fully ripe before you eat them.
Some of the apples were not quite ripe.
almost, just about, nearly The crops were just about ripe.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

ready [not before noun] having done everything that needs to be done in order to prepare for something:
Are you ready? The taxi’s here.
I don’t feel that I’m ready for the test yet.
prepared [not before noun] ready to deal with a situation, because you are expecting it or have made careful preparations:
The police were prepared for trouble.
The team looked well-prepared for the game.
be all set to be ready to start doing something that you have planned to do, and be just about to do it:
We were all set for a barbecue when it started to rain.
be good to go American English informal be ready to start doing something after completing all the necessary preparations:
We just need to get you a pair of skis and you’re good to go.
ripe ripe fruit are soft, sweet, and ready to eat:
Don’t pick the apples until they’re really ripe.
a delicious ripe plum
be in place if the arrangements or the equipment for doing something are in place, they are ready to start being used:
The television cameras were in place for the wedding.
All the arrangements are in place for a new constitution and democratic elections.
be standing by if people are standing by, they are ready to take action and help if they are needed – used especially about medical teams, police, the army etc:
Officers in full riot gear were standing by outside the police station.
Several ambulances were standing by.

[TahlilGaran] English Thesaurus ▲

ripe
raɪp
See: time is ripe

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲