Entry Word: callow

Function: adjective

Meaning: lacking in adult experience or maturity <a story about a callow youth who learns the value of hard work and self-reliance>

Synonyms adolescent, green, immature, inexperienced, juvenile, puerile, raw, unfledged, unripe, unripened

Related Words babyish, childish, infantile; boyish, girlish, maidenly, virginal, youthful; ingenuous, innocent, naive (or naïve); unpracticed, unseasoned, untrained, untried

Near Antonyms advanced, precocious; knowing, sophisticated, worldly-wise

Antonyms adult, experienced, grown-up, mature, ripe