green
- adjective
- /ɡrin/
- "Avery Hastings hoped that he did not look as green as he felt.
Or was was that something being green and just being human with him?
- Or was was that something being green and just being human with him?
- And I mean Zach, sweet young Zach is green is green as a as a field after spring.
- And Oh well, that was when I was in my salad days and green and judgement.
- And I mean, I felt I must have been so green.
- He looked green, young, way too careful.
Examples
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Did he merely say that because he thought I was so green that I would believe anything?
Fiction book (1993) -
I was very, very green. Very,
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And I was about as green as you are when I started.
Fiction book (1990) -
"Proving he was too young and too green...
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If sophomores do not cultivate me, I'll stay as green as I now am.
Academic text (2008) -
You're not green.
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As a new employee, she felt very green and unsure of herself in the office.
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The young intern seemed a bit green about the industry standards when he joined the team.
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Despite his enthusiasm, his green understanding of the project led to several mistakes.
Synonyms
Easily persuaded to believe things that are not true
A person who is new and not yet experienced in a job or field
A person who does not know much yet about a job or task
Not very experienced in a job or area
Lacking experience and trusting people too easily
A person others can easily trick into giving money or things
Antonyms
Idioms
- Jargon
To look at the slope and surface of a golf green to decide how to hit a putt
Compounds
- US
An official card that allows a foreign person to live and work permanently in the United States
A political party that wants to protect the environment and support fair social policies
A period in the 1960s and 1970s when new seeds and fertilizers greatly increased food crops
- Specialized
A way to release software using two identical systems to move users to the new version
A range of mountains in Vermont, USA that are part of the Appalachian Mountains
A river in the western United States that starts in Wyoming and flows south into the Colorado River
- Specialized
Tiny living things in water that make food from light and often look blue-green
- Literature
A soldier in green with no badge sent so a country can deny sending them
A West African monkey that lives in open grasslands with a greenish-grey back and a yellow tail
- Archaic
A soup made from the meat of green turtles, often served as a special food
A low, soft green plant with creeping stems often used to make Christmas wreaths
- South African
A monkey that lives on the African savanna with greenish-grey fur and a yellow tail
A small green or yellow-green toad with black bars and stripes found in North America
How Naive
Surface Forms
Etymology
Green for 'inexperienced' comes from the idea of young, fresh growth — from old English grēne meaning 'young' and 'growing' — so a green person is new or not ready. That's why we call beginners green.