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as in lush
covered with a thick, healthy natural growth
fields green with meadow grass
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as in inexperienced
lacking in adult experience or maturity
a new pitcher who's pretty green, even by rookie standards
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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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as in vegetation
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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as in money
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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Recent Examples of green
Saleen Martin, USA Today, 27 Mar. 2025
Mixing dark mulch with deep green shrubs adds warmth to your garden for a visually pleasing look.
—Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 27 Mar. 2025
Randy Youngman, Oc Register, 23 Mar. 2025
By comparison, Scheffler gained 3,099 strokes around the green to win The PLAYERS Championship a year ago.
—Mark Davis, Newsweek, 15 Mar. 2025
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Adjective
The recalled shampoo is packaged in a green, plastic 33.81 fluid ounce bottle marked with lot no.
—Saleen Martin, USA Today, 27 Mar. 2025
Mixing dark mulch with deep green shrubs adds warmth to your garden for a visually pleasing look.
—Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 27 Mar. 2025
Noun
With 230 yards to the front of the green, Couples debated on whether to hit a 5-wood or a 3-hybrid on his second shot.
—Randy Youngman, Oc Register, 23 Mar. 2025
By comparison, Scheffler gained 3,099 strokes around the green to win The PLAYERS Championship a year ago.
—Mark Davis, Newsweek, 15 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for green
Adjective
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The palate is lush, expressing vanilla, black cherry, and light toast, with a smooth, enduring finish.—
Joseph V Micallef,
Forbes.com,
29 Mar. 2025
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Its lush fronds also bring a sense of calm to any room, improving both the physical and emotional atmosphere.—
Allison Palmer,
Sacbee.com,
27 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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With Back on My Feet, people called me naive, and a pollyanna.—
Shimite Obialo,
Forbes.com,
26 Mar. 2025
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She's got a squeaky clean image and is a little bit naive.—
Patrick Gomez,
EW.com,
26 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Stream beds were exempt from vegetation clearing, an attempt to keep powerful winter flows from sluicing sediment into the lake.—
CalMatters,
The Mercury News,
20 Mar. 2025
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Texas has seen fire hazards range from the far northern Panhandle, where ground vegetation froze and dried out, and push hundreds of miles east to the coast.—
JIM VERTUNO,
TIME,
20 Mar. 2025
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However, she was fired in March 1995 when it was discovered money was missing.—
David Matthews,
New York Daily News,
28 Mar. 2025
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Now, if approved, low-income homeowners can get $10,000 without having to put up their own money.—
Ron Hurtibise,
Sun Sentinel,
27 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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If so many grown women are feeling vigilant, imagine how girls and younger women feel: at a vulnerable age, still learning about the world and already surrounded by the message—and, in plenty of cases, the reality—that boys and men are dangerous.—
Faith Hill,
The Atlantic,
10 Mar. 2025
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Speaking of Armageddon, the scene at the end when Ben Affleck says goodby to Bruce Willis has developed a reputation online for making grown men cry.—
James Hibberd,
The Hollywood Reporter,
7 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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He’s been there; Harper was emotional — at times, immature — as a younger player.—
Matt Gelb,
The Athletic,
25 Mar. 2025
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From its opening scenes, Severance has presented the procedure the show is named for as a kind of birth, the spawning of a new, immature being.—
Sophie Gilbert,
The Atlantic,
21 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Martha Stewart and Mila Kunis carried ones that looked like this simple option.—
Clint Davis,
People.com,
23 Mar. 2025
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Murena Pixel Tablet Apps Switching away from Google's flavor of Android will always result in an app gap, and there's no simple way around it.—
Ewan Spence,
Forbes,
23 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Even minor sparks or drifting embers can incite nearby foliage or grass, setting off a rapidly spreading fire.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
22 Mar. 2025
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Managing and Replanting Tulip Bulbs After the third year of blooms and foliage dieback, use a small garden fork to gently dig up the cluster of bulbs.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
21 Mar. 2025
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“Green.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/green. Accessed 1 Apr. 2025.
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