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Synonyms for verdant

Most common

greenish greenly verdurous virescent green callow lush

Synonyms by meaning

Adjective

1. Greenish — green in colour

greenish, vert, verdurous, virescent, greenly, virid formal

2. Green — inexperienced

green, raw, callow, inexperienced

3. Lush — abundant in verdure; lush with vegetation

lush, lavish, verdured, bosky

Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Green in colour.

  2. adj. 2

    Abundant in verdure; lush with vegetation.

  3. adj. 3

    Inexperienced.

    a verdant youth from the interior of Connecticut

Related words

Word family
verdantness verdancy verdantly verdure verdurous vert
Is a kind of
abundant flourishing healthy

Example sentences

  • greenish A greenish fish is calmly swimming in the stream.
  • green Do you know who that tall blonde girl in green is?
  • callow He’s too callow to handle such responsibilities.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
verdantrising
greenishfalling
greenlyrising
verduroussteady
virescentfalling
greenrising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters
raw1
4 letters
lush1, vert1
5 letters
green1, bosky, virid
6 letters
lavish2, callow2
7 letters
greenly2
8 letters
greenish2, verdured
9 letters
verdurous, virescent
13 letters
inexperienced5

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (lavish2 = 2 syllables).