One entry found for maturation.

Entry Word: maturation
Function: noun
Text: the process of becoming mature <a flower's maturation from bud to full bloom can take weeks>
Synonyms development, growth, maturing, ripening
Related Words blossoming, flourishing, flowering; mellowing, softening
Near Antonyms decadence, decline, declining, deterioration; fading, shriveling, waning, wilting, withering; death, dying, expiring, perishing; regression, retrogression, reversion