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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | small in size, amount |
| Synonyms: | Lilliputian, babyish, bantam, brief, cramped, diminutive, dinky, elfin, embryonic, fleeting, hardly any, hasty, immature, imperceptible, inappreciable, inconsiderable, infant, infinitesimal, insufficient, junior, light, limited, meager, microscopic, mini, miniature, minute, not big, not large, peanut, petite, scant, short, short-lived, shrimpy, shriveled, skimpy, slight, snub, sparse, stubby, stunted, teeny, tiny, toy, truncated, undersized, undeveloped, wee, wizened, young |
| Antonyms: | big, enormous, giant, great, huge, immense, large, massive |
| Main Entry: | puerile |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | childish |
| Synonyms: | babyish, babylike, callow, foolish, green*, immature, inane, inexperienced, infantile, irresponsible, jejune, juvenile, naive, petty, ridiculous, silly, trivial, unfledged, ungrown, weak, young |
| Antonyms: | adult, mature |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | rash |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | careless, impulsive |
| Synonyms: | adventurous, audacious, bold, brash, daring, determined, devil-may-care, fiery, foolhardy, frenzied, furious, harebrained, hasty, headlong, headstrong, heedless, hotheaded, ill-advised, ill-considered, immature, impetuous, imprudent, incautious, indiscreet, injudicious, insuppressible, irrational, jumping to conclusions, madcap, overhasty, passionate, precipitant, precipitate, premature, reckless, thoughtless, unguarded, unthinking, unwary, venturesome, venturous, wild |
| Notes: | rash (the adjective) suggests imprudence and lack of forethought; reckless implies disregard of possible consequences |
| Antonyms: | careful, cautious, planned, thoughtful |
| Main Entry: | raw |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not cooked, prepared |
| Synonyms: | basic, bloody, callow, coarse, crude, fibrous, fresh, green, hard, immature, impure, native, natural, organic, rough, rough-hewn, rude, unbaked, uncooked, undercooked, underdone, undressed, unfashioned, unformed, unfried, ungraded, unpasteurized, unprepared, unprocessed, unrefined, unripe, unsorted, unstained, untreated |
| Antonyms: | cooked, done, well-done |
| Main Entry: | raw |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | inexperienced |
| Synonyms: | callow, fresh, green, ignorant, immature, inexperienced, new, unconversant, undisciplined, unpracticed, unseasoned, unskilled, untaught, untrained, untried, unversed, young |
| Antonyms: | experienced, sophisticated |
| Main Entry: | rudimentary |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | basic, fundamental |
| Synonyms: | abecedarian, basal, beginning, early, elemental, elementary, embryonic, immature, initial, introductory, larval, nuts-and-bolts, primary, primitive, simple, simplest, uncompleted, undeveloped, vestigial |
| Antonyms: | additional, advanced, derivative, developed, extra, nonessential |
| Main Entry: | silly |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | absurd, giddy, foolish |
| Synonyms: | asinine, balmy, brainless, childish, crazy, dippy, dizzy*, empty, empty-headed, fatuous, featherbrained, flighty, foolhardy, frivolous, harebrained, idiotic, ignorant, illogical, immature, imprudent, inane, inappropriate, inconsistent, irrational, irresponsible, ludicrous, meaningless, muddle-headed, nitwitted, nonsensical, pointless, preposterous, puerile, ridiculous, senseless, sheepheaded, simple, simpleminded, stupid, unintelligent, unreasonable, unwise, vacuous, witless |
| Antonyms: | mature, mundane, practical, sensible, serious, wise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | small |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | tiny in size, quantity |
| Synonyms: | baby, bantam, bitty, cramped, diminutive, humble, immature, inadequate, inconsequential, inconsiderable, insufficient, limited, little, meager, microscopic, mini, miniature, minuscule, minute, modest, narrow, paltry, petite, petty, picayune, piddling, pint-sized, pitiful, pocket-sized, poor, puny, runty, scanty, scrubby, short, shrimp, slight, small-scale, stunted, teensy, teeny, toy, trifling, trivial, undersized, unpretentious, wee, young |
| Antonyms: | big, enormous, generous, huge, immense, large |
| Main Entry: | tender |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | young, inexperienced |
| Synonyms: | callow, childish, childlike, green*, immature, impressionable, new, raw*, rookie*, sensitive, unripe, vernal, vulnerable, wet behind the ears, youthful |
| Antonyms: | experienced, mature, older |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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