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green
- pronunciation:
- grin
- parts of speech:
- noun, adjective, transitive verb & intransitive verb
- features:
- Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
the color of emeralds or of young, growing foliage; the color lying between yellow and blue on the spectrum.
- similar words:
- aqua, aquamarine, chartreuse, emerald, jade, kelly green, olive, pea green, sea green
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| definition 2: |
something that is green in color.
- similar words:
- verdure
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| definition 3: |
someone who wears the color green or a group identified by this color.
The greens are playing the blues today. |
| definition 4: |
a grassy area.
We played croquet on the green.- synonyms:
- lawn
- similar words:
- common, field, golf course, greensward, heath
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| definition 5: |
(pl.) green, often leafy foliage or vegetables.
One needs greens in the diet.
- synonyms:
- greenery
- similar words:
- foliage, salad, vegetables
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| definition 6: |
(slang) money.
- synonyms:
- greenbacks, money, silver
- similar words:
- cash, scratch
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| related words: |
lawn, money, note, produce, top |
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| part of speech: |
adjective |
| inflections: |
greener, greenest |
| definition 1: |
of or pertaining to the color green.
- synonyms:
- verdant, viridescent
- similar words:
- bilious, olive
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| definition 2: |
full of or covered with greenery or foliage.
green hills- synonyms:
- verdant, verdurous
- similar words:
- foliate, grassy, leafy
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| definition 3: |
made with green leafy vegetables.
a green salad- similar words:
- vegetable
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| definition 4: |
not fully mature; unripe.
green bananas- synonyms:
- unripe
- antonyms:
- ripe
- similar words:
- immature
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| definition 5: |
lacking in experience; untrained.
- synonyms:
- callow, immature, inexperienced, raw
- antonyms:
- experienced, seasoned
- similar words:
- crude, gullible, ingenuous, innocent, naive, new, tender, unseasoned, unskilled, untrained
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| definition 6: |
young and full of life.
- synonyms:
- coltish, young
- similar words:
- frisky, growing, lively, tender, vigorous
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| definition 7: |
sickly looking; pale.
You look a little green today.- synonyms:
- sickly
- similar words:
- bilious, ghastly, off-color, pale, pallid, under the weather
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| related words: |
adolescent, childish, guileless, ignorant, infantile, juvenile, lush, sick, unsophisticated, young |
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb & intransitive verb |
| inflections: |
greened, greening, greens |
| definition: |
to make or become green.
- similar words:
- bud, burgeon, sprout
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| derivations: |
greenish (adj.), greenly (n.), greenness (n.) |
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