fully developed or matured and ready to be eaten or used; ripe peaches; full-bodied mature wines

[ Syn: mature ]

fully prepared or eager; the colonists were ripe for revolution'

most suitable or right for a particular purpose; a good time to plant tomatoes; the right time to act; the time is ripe for great sociological changes

[ Syn: good , right ]

at the highest point of development especially in judgment or knowledge; a ripe mind'

far along in time; a man of advanced age; advanced in years; a ripe old age; the ripe age of 90

[ Syn: advanced ]