Antonyms of adj embryonic

2 senses of embryonic

Sense 1
embryonic, embryologic, embryonal -- (of an organism prior to birth or hatching; "in the embryonic stage"; "embryologic development")

INDIRECT (VIA immature) -> mature -- (having reached full natural growth or development; "a mature cell")

Sense 2
embryonic, embryotic -- (in an early stage of development; "the embryonic government staffed by survivors of the massacre"; "an embryonic nation, not yet self-governing")

INDIRECT (VIA early) -> late, later -- (at or toward an end or late period or stage of development; "the late phase of feudalism"; "a later symptom of the disease"; "later medical science could have saved the child")

Similarity of adj embryonic

2 senses of embryonic

Sense 1
embryonic, embryologic, embryonal -- (of an organism prior to birth or hatching; "in the embryonic stage"; "embryologic development")
       => immature (vs. mature) -- (not yet mature)

Sense 2
embryonic, embryotic -- (in an early stage of development; "the embryonic government staffed by survivors of the massacre"; "an embryonic nation, not yet self-governing")
       => early (vs. late) -- (being or occurring at an early stage of development; "in an early stage"; "early forms of life"; "early man"; "an early computer")

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