green

1 covered with a thick, healthy natural growth fields green with meadow grass Synonyms lush, grown, leafy, luxuriant, overgrown, verdantRelated Words fat, fecund, fertile, fruitful, productive, prolific, rich; dense, tangledNear Antonyms bleak, depleted, impoverished, infertile, poor, stark, unproductive; arid, dead, desert, dry, parched, sere (also sear), waterlessAntonyms barren, leafless

2 lacking in adult experience or maturity a new pitcher who's pretty green, even by rookie standards Synonyms adolescent, callow, immature, inexperienced, juvenile, puerile, raw, unfledged, unformed, unripe, unripenedRelated Words babyish, childish, infantile, infantilized, infantine; boyish, girlish, juvenescent, kiddish, young, youngish, youthful; maidenly, virginal; ingenuous, innocent, naive (or naïve), tender; unknowing, unseasoned, unsophisticated, untrained, untriedNear Antonyms advanced, precocious; knowing, savvy, sophisticated, worldly, worldly-wiseAntonyms adult, experienced, grown-up, mature, ripe

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 Synonyms aw-shucks, dewy, dewy-eyed, naive, ingenuous, innocent, naïf (or naif), primitive, simple, simpleminded, uncritical, unknowing, unsophisticated, unsuspecting, unsuspicious, unwary, unworldly, wide-eyedRelated 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, thoughtlessNear 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, streetwiseAntonyms cosmopolitan, experienced, knowing, sophisticated, worldly, worldly-wise

4 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