Meaning of late bloomer | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A person who reaches puberty or who matures comparatively later than is typical.
   figuratively
2. A person who enters a romantic relationship or engages in sexual intercourse significantly later in life.
   figuratively
3. A person who achieves proficiency or success in a field significantly later in life.
   figuratively
4. A flowering plant that blooms later in a growing season than other flowering plants.
   literally

Equivalents

Examples

“You can be a normal late bloomer whose progress⟳ through puberty hovers on the late side of each normal age range if: It's in your genes. That is, if one or both parents or other relatives were also late bloomers.”

“He was a late bloomer, finding success at 40 in Luc Besson's 1988 film The Big Blue.”

“[Harlow:] I'm just a late bloomer (Mmm) / I didn't peak in high school, I'm still out here gettin' cuter (Woo)”

“The great snows that come⟳ at the beginning of winter, before there is yet any snow⟳ except the perpetual high banks, are best worth while to watch⟳. These come⟳ often before the late bloomers are gone and while the migratory birds are still in the piney woods.”

“One of the characteristics of the pawpaw is that it always bears [fruit], yet there is an occasional season when there is only a light⟳ crop on account of late frosts, but it generally bears some, as it is a late bloomer.”

CEFR level