green

/ɡɹˈiːn/

/ˈɡɹin/

[adjective] [noun] [verb]

green

[ADJECTIVE]

having the color of fresh grass or most plant leaves

synonyms : dark-green

greenish

light-green

not fully developed or mature; not ripe

synonyms : immature

unripe

unripened

antonyms : ripe

(of a substance or product) causing no harm to the environment

looking pale and unhealthy

naive and easily deceived or tricked

synonyms : fleeceable

gullible

Green

[NOUN]

green color or pigment; resembling the color of growing grass

synonyms : greenness

viridity

1.1

any of various leafy plants or their leaves and stems eaten as vegetables

synonyms : greens

leafy vegetable

a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area

synonyms : common

commons

park

2.1

an area of closely cropped grass surrounding the hole on a golf course

synonyms : putting green

putting surface

street names for ketamine

synonyms : cat valium

a river that rises in western Wyoming and flows southward through Utah to become a tributary of the Colorado River

synonyms : Green River

an environmentalist who belongs to the Green Party

United States labor leader who was president of the American Federation of Labor from 1924 to 1952 and who led the struggle with the Congress of Industrial Organizations (1873-1952)

synonyms : William Green

to green

[VERB]

MAIN VERB

turn or become green

Examples

1. The leaves on the trees are green.

2. The lights changed to green.

3. The color green has a restful effect.

4. The green frog hopped from one lily pad to another.

Nearby words

green around the gills

green bean

green bottle fly

green card