adj. 1 verdant, grassy, fresh, leafy; rural, country-like Plans call for a green belt to be created around every major city 2 immature, unripe, unripened; naïve, callow, untested, untrained, unversed, inexperienced, new, raw, unseasoned, unsophisticated, gullible, amateur, unskilled, unskilful, amateurish, non-professional, inexpert, Colloq wet behind the ears This banana is still too green to eat Isn't Piers a bit green to be given so much responsibility? 3 environmental, conservationist The green activists appear to be gaining influence in governmental circles
n. 4 lawn, sward, common, grassland Let us meet on the village green at noon 5 environmentalist, conservationist, preservationist The greens are opposed to draining the marshes