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green
adjective
Synonyms and Antonyms of GREEN
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lacking in adult experience or maturity <a new pitcher who's pretty green, even by rookie standards>
Synonyms adolescent, green, immature, inexperienced, juvenile, puerile, raw, unfledged, unformed, unripe, unripened
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lacking in worldly wisdom or informed judgment <in spite of her age, she's still green enough to be hoodwinked by fast-talking scammers>
Synonyms aw-shucks, dewy, dewy-eyed, green, ingenuous, innocent, naïf (or naif), primitive, simple, simpleminded, uncritical, unknowing, unsophisticated, unsuspecting, unsuspicious, unwary, unworldly, wide-eyed
Related Words callow, childish, immature, inexperienced, raw; childlike, idealistic, impractical, unrealistic; believing, credulous, gullible (also gullable), susceptible, trustful, trusting, unguarded; beguiled, duped, gulled, tricked; careless, heedless, thoughtless
Near Antonyms critical, cynical, doubting, incredulous, skeptical, suspecting, suspicious, unconvinced; careful, cautious, guarded, leery (also leary), wary, watchful; down-to-earth, hardheaded, pragmatic (also pragmatical), realistic, sober; street-smart, streetwise
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lacking the warm skin color indicative of or associated with good health <after going on the fastest roller coaster in the world, we were all looking a little green>
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