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/ˈnubaɪl/ · adjective
Of an age suitable for marriage; marriageable (principally of a young woman). [from 17th c.].
"Pretty little thing, isn't she?" said Mrs. Budge huskily, and panted two or three times. "Yes," Denis nodded agreement. Sixteen, slender, but nubile, he said to himself, and laid up the phrase in his memory as a happy one.
Use nubile when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Nubile means Of an age suitable for marriage; marriageable (principally of a young woman). [from 17th c.].
Common synonyms include eligible, marriageable, wifeable, foxy.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
"Pretty little thing, isn't she?" said Mrs. Budge huskily, and panted two or three times. "Yes," Denis nodded agreement. Sixteen, slender, but nubile, he said to himself, and laid up the phrase in his memory as a happy one.
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