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Another word for green

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Noun

  1. A tract of cultivated land belonging to and used by a community

      1. Belonging equally to or shared equally by two or more; joint:
      2. Of or relating to the community as a whole; public:
      3. Widespread; prevalent:
    See also:

    group

  2. Something, such as coins or printed bills, used as a medium of exchange

      1. A yellowish alloy of copper and zinc, sometimes including small amounts of other metals, but usually 67 percent copper and 33 percent zinc.
      2. Ornaments, objects, or utensils made of this alloy.
      3. The section of a band or an orchestra composed of brass instruments.
      1. To make a thin shallow cut or mark on (a surface) with a sharp instrument.
      2. To use the nails or claws to dig or scrape at.
      3. To rub or scrape (the skin) to relieve itching.
      1. Any of various plants of the genus Lactuca of the composite family, especially L. sativa, cultivated for its edible leaves.
      2. The leaves of L. sativa, used especially in salads.
      3. Paper money.
      1. A man; a fellow.
      2. One who does odd or heavy jobs; a laborer.
      3. One who works in a specified manual trade. Often used in combination:
      1. A soft, thick mixture of dry ingredients, such as flour or meal, and liquid, such as water, that is kneaded, shaped, and baked, especially as bread or pastry.
      2. A pasty mass similar to this mixture.
      3. Money.
      1. Any of several forms of a vegetable (Brassica oleracea var. capitata) of the mustard family, having a globose head consisting of a short stem and tightly overlapping green to purplish leaves.
      2. Any of several similar or related plants, such as Chinese cabbage.
      3. The terminal bud of several species of palm, eaten as a vegetable.
      1. A staple food made from flour or meal mixed with other dry and liquid ingredients, usually combined with a leavening agent, and kneaded, shaped into loaves, and baked.
      2. Food in general, regarded as necessary for sustaining life:
      3. Something that nourishes; sustenance:
      1. Small cylindrical beads made from polished shells and fashioned into strings or belts, formerly used by certain Native American peoples as currency and jewelry or for ceremonial exchanges between groups.
      2. Money.
      1. A medium that can be exchanged for goods and services and is used as a measure of their values on the market, including among its forms a commodity such as gold, an officially issued coin or note, or a deposit in a checking account or other readily liquefiable account.
      2. The official currency, coins, and negotiable paper notes issued by a government.
      3. Assets and property considered in terms of monetary value; wealth.
      1. Money in any form when in actual use as a medium of exchange, especially circulating paper money.
      2. Transmission from person to person as a medium of exchange; circulation:
      3. General acceptance or use; prevalence:
      1. Money in the form of bills or coins; currency.
      2. Liquid assets including bank deposits and marketable securities.
      3. Money paid in currency or by check:
    See also:

    money

Adjective

  1. Being in an early period of growth or development

      1. Characterized by youth; young:
      2. Typical of or suggesting youth:
      3. In an early stage of development; new:
      1. Being in an early period of life, development, or growth.
      2. Newly begun or formed; not advanced:
      3. Relating to, typical of, or suggestive of youth or early life:
      1. Not fully grown or developed; young.
      2. Of or characteristic of a young animal that has not reached sexual maturity:
      3. Characteristic of, intended for, or appropriate for children or young people:
      1. A child in the earliest period of life, especially before he or she can walk.
      2. A person under the legal age of majority; a minor.
      3. A very young nonhuman mammal, especially a primate.
      1. Not fully grown or developed:
      2. Marked by or suggesting a lack of normal maturity:
      3. An immature animal; a juvenile.
    See also:

    youth

  2. Lacking experience and the knowledge gained from it

    See also:

    ability

© Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Another word for green

Modifier

  1. Of the color green

  2. Verdant

    Antonyms:

  3. Immature

    Antonyms:

  4. Inexperienced

    See also:

    inexperienced

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

    See also:

    pale

Noun

  1. A color

  2. A grass plot

      1. A piece of land with few or no buildings within or adjoining a town, maintained for recreational and ornamental purposes.
      2. A landscaped city square.
      3. A large tract of rural land kept in its natural state and usually reserved for the enjoyment and recreation of visitors.
      1. A broad, level, open expanse of land.
      2. A meadow:
      3. A cultivated expanse of land, especially one devoted to a particular crop:
      1. A plot of grass, usually tended or mowed, as one around a residence or in a park.
    See also:

    grass

Idioms:

    long green, folding green

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Sentence Examples

  • A large green book caught her attention.

  • Are you sure his name is Green; not Greely?

  • You even touched it, maybe saw little green men.

  • The very next day they came in sight of a little green island.

  • The two women adjourned to the front porch to cut green beans and shuck corn.

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