ALL meanings of riper
ripe
R r - adjective riper having arrived at such a stage of growth or development as to be ready for reaping, gathering, eating, or use, as grain or fruit; completely matured. 1
- adjective riper resembling such fruit, as in ruddiness and fullness: ripe, red lips. 1
- adjective riper advanced to the point of being in the best condition for use, as cheese or beer. 1
- adjective riper fully grown or developed, as animals when ready to be killed and used for food. 1
- adjective riper arrived at the highest or a high point of development or excellence; mature. 1
- adjective riper of mature judgment or knowledge: ripe scholars; a ripe mind. 1
- adjective riper characterized by full development of body or mind: of ripe years. 1
- adjective riper (of time) advanced: a ripe old age. 1
- adjective riper (of ideas, plans, etc.) ready for action, execution, etc. 1
- adjective riper (of people) fully prepared or ready to do or undergo something: He was ripe for a change in jobs. 1
- adjective riper fully or sufficiently advanced; ready enough; auspicious: The time is ripe for a new foreign policy. 1
- adjective riper ready for some operation or process: a ripe abscess. 1
- adjective riper Archaic. drunk: reeling ripe. 1
- noun riper a thief 0