1
as in lush
covered with a thick, healthy natural growth
fields green with meadow grass
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2
as in inexperienced
lacking in adult experience or maturity
a new pitcher who's pretty green, even by rookie standards
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3
as in naive
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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Recent Examples of green
Wake is a green take on oceanics.
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Kara Jillian Brown, InStyle, 3 June 2026
In the roadside planters, green sprouts poked up.
—Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 3 June 2026
Stith is asking attendees to dress up and wear green in honor of Words, Wings, and Wine's seventh anniversary.
—Cbs Baltimore Staff, CBS News, 3 June 2026
Many people, Guerry points out, have green space within a 10-minute walk of home, and even a single tree outside a window counts.
—Angela Haupt, Time, 3 June 2026
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Kara Jillian Brown, InStyle, 3 June 2026
In the roadside planters, green sprouts poked up.
—Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 3 June 2026
Stith is asking attendees to dress up and wear green in honor of Words, Wings, and Wine's seventh anniversary.
—Cbs Baltimore Staff, CBS News, 3 June 2026
Many people, Guerry points out, have green space within a 10-minute walk of home, and even a single tree outside a window counts.
—Angela Haupt, Time, 3 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for green
Adjective
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The dining room feels more summery—its wall of glass doors open directly onto the lush green courtyard.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 June 2026
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At the sentence level, its craftsmanship sings; her prose is as lush and imbued with the miraculous as it is lived-in and inviting.—
Rachel Vorona Cote,
Vulture,
2 June 2026
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The team overachieved this season partly because Mazzulla turned an inexperienced supporting cast into a strength.—
Jay King,
New York Times,
28 May 2026
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Short selling can be an intellectually demanding approach to the market, and many inexperienced traders fall into a trap, lured by overvaluation and hype.—
David Capablanca,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2026
Adjective
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Erin Dubreuil leads the cast as Cady, credibly playing a naive teen, but with the vocal and dance chops of an experienced pro.—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
4 June 2026
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Palace require depth, and loaning anyone who is considered to be able to play a part would be naive.—
Matt Woosnam,
New York Times,
2 June 2026
Adjective
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More grown men shedding tears, that’s for sure.—
Vinson Cunningham,
New Yorker,
2 June 2026
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My grown kids still act like kids — selfish and insensitive.—
Ticked Off,
The Orlando Sentinel,
29 May 2026
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On a blind date, his descriptions of magical griffins and burning deserts sound humiliatingly immature.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
3 June 2026
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Beckham is charismatic and generally more thoughtful than the perception created by the impulsive or immature decisions that create headlines.—
Dan Duggan,
New York Times,
2 June 2026
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The actor, 39, pleaded guilty to three misdemeanor counts of simple battery in a Louisiana criminal court Wednesday, June 3, according to records obtained by USA TODAY.—
Liza Esquibias,
USA Today,
3 June 2026
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At the time, the New Orleans Police Department confirmed its officers charged LaBeouf with two counts of simple battery for allegedly assaulting two men near a bar in the French Quarter.—
Alexandra Del Rosario,
Los Angeles Times,
3 June 2026
Adjective
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Once its blooming season wraps up in spring, its leafy shrub remains.—
Tessa Cooper,
The Spruce,
6 June 2026
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Make tuna cakes and serve with bread and leafy greens.—
Kirsten Nunez,
Martha Stewart,
5 June 2026
Adjective
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This ideal of masculinity is not a patriarch but a perpetual adolescent, endlessly irresponsible and endlessly indulged.—
Helen Lewis,
The Atlantic,
5 June 2026
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The diary became a map of adolescent rivalry.—
Kate Casey,
Vanity Fair,
2 June 2026
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“Green.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/green. Accessed 10 Jun. 2026.
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