Green definition

Green as an adjective

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

   "a green tree"

   Same sense: light-green, dark-green, 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"

   Same sense: immature, unripe, unripened

4. looking pale and unhealthy

   "you're looking green"

5. naive and easily deceived or tricked

   Same sense: gullible, fleeceable

6. Good for the environment

   Same sense: ecofriendly

Green as a noun

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

   Same sense: greenness, viridity

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

   Same sense: common, park, commons

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

   "the ball rolled across the green and into the bunker"

   Same sense: putting green, putting surface

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

    Same sense: greens, leafy vegetable

11. street names for ketamine

    Same sense: super acid, honey oil, jet, cat valium

Green as a verb

12. turn or become green

    "The trees are greening"

Synonyms and antonyms

• light-green
• dark-green
• greenish
• immature
• unripe
• unripened
• gullible
• fleeceable
• ecofriendly
• greenness
• viridity
• common definition
• park definition
• commons
• putting green
• putting surface
• greens
• leafy vegetable
• super acid
• honey oil
• jet
• cat valium

Opposite: ripe.

How to say green

Green has 1 syllable and rhymes with between. Syllable counts and rhymes come from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary.

Words that rhyme with green

• between
• mean
• seen
• scene
• clean
• machine
• queen
• screen
• magazine
• protein
• marine
• dean

GREEN in word games

Scrabble

6

Words With Friends

8

Anagrams

1

Is GREEN a valid Scrabble word? Yes, it is in the ENABLE list most word games use. Check GREEN in the word checker, or unscramble GREEN to see its 1 anagram and the shorter words in its letters.