Thesaurus.com
Dictionary.com
Showing results for green. Search instead for greenw.
Definitions

green

[green] / grin /




ADJECTIVE
referring to practices or policies that do not negatively affect the environment
Synonyms
NOUN
square or park in center of town
Synonyms


Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

There are also flies — big blue and green flies with large, bright red heads — that residents are constantly swatting at outside their doors and windows.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 23, 2026

Renesas Electronics 6723 2.90%increase; green up pointing triangle is up 2.5% and Lasertec is 6.5% higher.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 23, 2026

Some might be longtime residents with green cards.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 22, 2026

The European Union on Wednesday gave the conditional green light for Paramount Skydance's $110 billion takeover of Warner Bros.

From Barron's Jul. 22, 2026

Two of the white flowers are goose-poop green.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison

Pair the greens with your favorite grains, whether that’s brown rice, quinoa or farro, and oven-baked salmon.

From Salon Jul. 22, 2026

Likewise, Mamas’ Pizza and Gelato, in Milltown, Ind., has thrown out all its lettuce and other greens, and it’s only serving spinach cooked.

From MarketWatch Jul. 18, 2026

I found, unsurprisingly, that the steps people have taken vary quite significantly, but they all have one common denominator: The greens are cooked—in more ways than one.

From Slate Jul. 17, 2026

While on the job, he whipped together a salad dressing to get the men on his crew to eat their greens.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 17, 2026

I knew exactly where the basket was, on a shelf in the kitchen cupboard, and where the greens grew.

From "Z for Zachariah" by Robert C. O’Brien

We can at least keep air in the realm of absurdity by fighting for a greener future, which we can still see ahead, even through the smoke.

From Salon Jul. 19, 2026

You know the story: The pool got greener and greener.

From Slate Jun. 27, 2026

“You get good healthcare, nice leisurely lunches, it’s a different way of life,” he said, “It’s not that the grass is always greener, these are just facts.”

From Barron's Jun. 7, 2026

"For a council that describes itself as a smarter, greener, fairer borough, it's just absurd that we've got something that generates so much CO2," he said.

From BBC Jun. 7, 2026

Harry walked back to the tent and saw Cedric emerging from it, greener than ever.

From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling

It ranges from the greenest to the dirtiest, from established technologies to speculative ones, and even includes companies that play tangential roles in the sector.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 24, 2025

He uses this as an example of us "securing a brighter future for both animals, and us, too" in our unique metropolis - the world's greenest major city.

From BBC Dec. 18, 2025

That means the greenest new building is one that’s in the center of town.

From Slate Jun. 3, 2025

Despite the greenest possible light, at least one of his 93 NBA field-goal attempts have had to cross Knecht’s “crazy or something like that” threshold, right?

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 17, 2024

Suddenly there was grass under his feet again—the greenest, softest grass that Roy had ever seen.

From "Hoot" by Carl Hiaasen

Secrets of photosynthesis have been discovered at atomic level, shedding important new light on this plant super-power that greened the earth more than a billion years ago.

From Science Daily Mar. 4, 2024

A 2018 study on cleaning-and-greening vacant lots in neighborhoods with residents living below the poverty line found a 29 percent reduction in gun violence around lots that were greened with trees compared to vacant lots.

From National Geographic Oct. 9, 2023

And all the snowmelt has brilliantly greened what’s often a dry, brown tinder box by this time of year.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 11, 2023

Olsen told Jackson that you can cut off lightly greened patches and toss any potatoes with large green areas, though you may want to be more conservative when serving children.

From Washington Post Jan. 17, 2022

Week after week, I returned to Iowa, watching through the plane window as the seasons changed, as the earth slowly greened and the soybean and corn crops grew in ruler-straight lines.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

So experts said countries across the region should further insulate energy systems against more frequent disruptive weather events by diversifying and greening their grids.

From Barron's May 5, 2026

Her priorities have included early education expansion, school greening improvements, literacy through phonics training, protecting immigrant students and focusing more budget resources on the highest-need schools.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 30, 2026

The greening is “beginning to catch up to them,” Bryant said.

From Slate Apr. 20, 2026

However the pumpkins got there, it was an uplifting sight, as was the greening of the mountains and foothills just up the way.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 17, 2025

Cotton grew in the field that bounded the railroad tracks and the air was laden with the opulent smells of greening crops and leafy forests.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy




Vocabulary lists containing green


Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Dictionary.com's Learning Companion

Go beyond just looking up words.
Remember them forever with VocabTrainer.

Start training