green

(noun, adjective, verb)

adjective

1. of the color between blue and yellow in the color spectrum; similar to the color of fresh grass

- a green tree

- green fields

- green paint

Similar word(s): chromatic, greenish

2. concerned with or supporting or in conformity with the political principles of the Green Party

3. not fully developed or mature; not ripe

- fried green tomatoes

- green wood

Similar word(s): unaged, immature, unripe, unripened

4. looking pale and unhealthy

- you're looking green

- green around the gills

Similar word(s): ill, sick

5. naive and easily deceived or tricked

Similar word(s): naif, naive, fleeceable, gullible

Sentences with green as an adjective:

- The former flag of Libya is completely green.

- Sally looks pretty green — is she going to be sick?

- John's kind of green, so take it easy on him this first week.

- He was green with envy.

- a green manhood;

noun

1. green color or pigment; resembling the color of growing grass

Similar word(s): greenness, viridity

Definition categories: attribute

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

Similar word(s): common, commons, park

Definition categories: location, parcel, tract

3. an environmentalist who belongs to the Green Party

Definition categories: person, conservationist, environmentalist

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

Definition categories: object

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

- the ball rolled across the green and into the bunker

Definition categories: location, site

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

Similar word(s): greens

Definition categories: food, veg, vegetable, veggie

7. street names for ketamine

Similar word(s): jet

Definition categories: man–made, ketamine

Sentences with green as a noun:

- green colour:

verb

1. turn or become green

- The trees are greening

Definition categories: change, color, colour, discolor, discolour