green synonyms

green

modif.

  1. Of the color green

    greenish, virid, virescent.

    Hues of green include: emerald, sage, vert, verdant, verdigris, malachite, beryl, aquamarine, chartreuse, lime, kelly, glaucous, olive drab, Mittler's green, Prussian green, bronze-green, Lincoln green, yellow-green, blue-green, bottle-green, pea-green, sea-green, apple-green, grass-green, forest-green, spinach-green, moss-green, pine-green, Nile green, olive-green, jade, Oriental emerald, Oriental aquamarine, viridian, turquoise, Veronese green.

  2. Verdant

    foliate, growing, leafy, bosky, sprouting, visculent, pullulating, grassy, grass-grown, burgeoning, flourishing, lush.

    Antonyms withered*, sere*, yellow. *

  3. Immature

    young, growing, unripe, maturing, developing, half-formed, half-baked, fresh, sappy.

    Antonyms mature*, ripe*, gone to seed.

  4. Inexperienced

    youthful, callow, raw; see inexperienced.

  5. Pale, usually from illness, envy, or jealousy

    pallid, peaked, wan; see pale 1.

green

n.

  1. A color

    greenness, verdure, virescence, emerald, chlorophyll, verdantness, greenhood, viridity.

  2. A grass plot

    lawn, field, park; see grass 3.

long green*, folding green*

bills, paper money, greenbacks; see money 1.

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