Definition for Ripen:

• To grow ripe.

Synonyms for Ripen:

• n.

  •
  • advance.
  •
  • youth.

• v.

  •change (verb)
  • ripen.
  •cultivate (verb)
  • pre pares,
  • pre-pare,
  • pre paring,
  • pre pared,
  • pre-pared,
  • pre pare,
  • pre-paring.
  •develop (verb)
  • enroots,
  • pro-mote,
  • pro moting,
  • enrooting,
  • pro-motes,
  • enrooted,
  • pro-moting.
  •evolve (verb)
  • in creasing,
  • in-crease,
  • de-rives,
  • ex cogitate,
  • dis close,
  • in crease,
  • dis closes,
  • ex-cogitated,
  • de-rived,
  • un folds,
  • dis-closed,
  • un-folding,
  • in creases,
  • ex-cogitate,
  • ex-cogitates,
  • ex-cogitating,
  • ex cogitated,
  • dis closing,
  • de riving,
  • un folded,
  • de-rive,
  • dis-closing,
  • un folding,
  • ex cogitates,
  • dis closed,
  • in-creases,
  • de-riving,
  • un-folds,
  • dis-close,
  • dis-closes,
  • de rived,
  • un-fold,
  • un fold,
  • de rive,
  • in-creased,
  • un-folded,
  • ex cogitating,
  • de rives.
  •ferment (verb)
  • dis-solve,
  • over flowing,
  • art violent,
  • in cite,
  • in flaming,
  • over flowed,
  • wert violent,
  • dis solved,
  • ex-cited,
  • in-cited,
  • over-flowing,
  • being violent,
  • over flown,
  • dis solves,
  • dis-solves,
  • ex citing,
  • in-flames,
  • in flame,
  • in-cite,
  • over flow,
  • dis solve,
  • was violent,
  • ex-cites,
  • over-flowed,
  • over-flown,
  • ex-cite,
  • ex cited,
  • over flows,
  • in-flame,
  • dis solving,
  • in cites,
  • in-flamed,
  • over-flows,
  • were violent,
  • in flamed,
  • ex cites,
  • is violent,
  • over-flow,
  • ex cite,
  • dis-solving,
  • am violent,
  • dis-solved,
  • wast violent,
  • are violent.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • bud,
  • choke,
  • fade,
  • bloom,
  • die back,
  • come up,
  • come out,
  • blossom,
  • bear.
  •age
  • Waned,
  • put mileage on,
  • grow old,
  • get along,
  • growing old,
  • growing up,
  • grew old,
  • grew up,
  • grow up,
  • grow feeble,
  • grows old.
  •evolve
  • Evolved.

Paraphrases for Ripen:

• Equivalence

  • Verb, non-3rd person singular present
    mature.
  • Verb, base form
    mature.

Antonyms for Ripen:

• v.

  • grow
    stop, decrease, halt.
  • mature
    lessen, decline, diminish.
  • Other antonyms:
    deteriorate, weaken, lapse, flag, waste, fade, sink, droop, sag, backslide, dry, worsen, wilt, return, degenerate, wither, wane, shrivel, decay.

Ripen Sentence Examples:

• These things, if they impressed his mind imperfectly at first, in time formed themselves into the shape of truths, and assumed significance and importance; as words and things, glanced over hastily in childhood, grow and ripen, and enrich the understanding in after days.

• These have a sweet, juicy, and, presently, bitter, brown pulp, containing three seeds, and they do not ripen until the second year.

Homophones for Ripen:

• ravine, ribbon, rope in, rapine, robinia, riffian, reuben, revenue, ravenna, refine, reopen, ribbony, ruffian, repine, raven, rpm, rivina, robin.

Hyponym for Ripen:

• v.

  • change
    modify, grow, maturate, alter, mature, change.