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(Entry 1 of 2)
1
covered with a thick, healthy natural growth
- fields green with meadow grass
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2
lacking in adult experience or maturity
- a new pitcher who's pretty green, even by rookie standards
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3
lacking in worldly wisdom or informed judgment
- in spite of her age, she's still green enough to be hoodwinked by fast-talking scammers
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- aw-shucks,
- dewy,
- dewy-eyed,
- ingenuous,
- innocent,
- naïf
- (or naif),
- naive
- (or naïve),
- primitive,
- simple,
- simpleminded,
- uncritical,
- unknowing,
- unsophisticated,
- unsuspecting,
- unsuspicious,
- unwary,
- unworldly,
- wide-eyed
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- down-to-earth,
- hardheaded,
- pragmatic
- (also pragmatical),
- realistic,
- sober
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green
nounSynonyms of green (Entry 2 of 2)
1
green leaves or plants
- the lonely soldier dreamt of the fields of green that he had wandered in as a youth
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2
something (as pieces of stamped metal or printed paper) customarily and legally used as a medium of exchange, a measure of value, or a means of payment
- I need to save up some green before I can afford that cruise
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- bread
- [slang],
- bucks,
- cabbage
- [slang],
- cash,
- change,
- chips,
- coin,
- currency,
- dough,
- gold,
- jack
- [slang],
- kale
- [slang],
- legal tender,
- lolly
- [British],
- long green
- [slang],
- loot,
- lucre,
- money,
- moola
- (or moolah)
- [slang],
- needful,
- pelf,
- scratch
- [slang],
- shekels
- (also sheqels or shekelim or shekalim or sheqalim),
- tender,
- wampum
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- dead presidents
- [slang],
- folding money,
- paper money,
- scrip
- chump change,
- dibs
- [slang],
- dime,
- mite,
- peanuts,
- pittance,
- shoestring
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The first known use of green was before the 12th century
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