greene

Adjective

green (comparative greener, superlative greenest)

1. Of a green hue.
   • He is wearing a green shirt.

   Synonyms:

   verdant, vert, greenish, greenly, greeny, verdurous, virescent, virid, viridescent

   Antonyms:

   nongreen, ungreen

2. (figuratively) Sickly, unwell.
   • Sally looks pretty green—is she going to be sick?
3. Unripe, said of certain fruits that change color when they ripen.

   Antonyms:

   ripe

4. (figuratively) Inexperienced.
   • John's kind of green, so take it easy on him this first week.

   Synonyms:

   callow, experienceless, inexperienced, unexperienced, fresh, new, punk, pup, raw, strange

5. (capitalized, sometimes) Islamist.
   • In its most extreme formulation, this vision has devolved into a caricature of Islam as the "Green Peril" (green is the colour of Islam) advancing across the world stage, an image that echoes both the "Red Menace" of Cold War discourse and anti-Asian polemics about the "Yellow Peril".1999, Roxanne L. Euben, Enemy in the Mirror: Islamic Fundamentalism and the Limits of Modern Rationalism, page 6
6. (figuratively) Full of life and vigour; fresh and vigorous; new; recent; young.
   • a green manhood

   Synonyms:

   new, all-new, brand new, brand spanking new, cherry, fresh, freshly made, hot, mint, nascent

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