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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | inexperienced |
| Synonyms: | callow, fledgling, fresh, green, immature, new, unattempted, unexpert, unfledged, unproved, untested |
| Antonyms: | established, tried |
| Main Entry: | callow |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | immature |
| Synonyms: | crude, green, guileless, inexperienced, infant, jejune, jellybean, juvenile, kid, low tech, naive, not dry behind ears, puerile, raw, sophomore, tenderfoot, unbaked, unfledged, unripe, unsophisticated, untrained, untried, young |
| Notes: | callow means lacking experience of life, immature - while shallow means lacking depth of intellect, emotion, or knowledge |
| Antonyms: | experienced, initiated, mature, sophisticated |
| Main Entry: | fresh |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | inexperienced |
| Synonyms: | artless, callow, green*, natural, new, raw, tenderfooted, uncultivated, unpracticed, unskilled, untrained, untried, unversed, young, youthful |
| Antonyms: | experienced |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | inexperienced |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unskilled, unfamiliar |
| Synonyms: | amateur, callow, fresh, green*, ignorant, immature, inept, inexpert, innocent, kid*, naive, new, prentice, raw*, rookie, rude, sophomoric, spring chicken, tenderfoot, unaccustomed, unacquainted, unconversant, undisciplined, unfamiliar with, unfledged, unpracticed, unschooled, unseasoned, unsophisticated, untrained, untried, unused, unversed, unworldly, verdant, wet behind ears, young |
| Antonyms: | educated, experienced, expert, familiar, schooled, seasoned, skilled, trained, versed |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | maiden |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | earliest |
| Synonyms: | beginning, first, fresh, inaugural, initial, initiatory, intact, introductory, new, original, pioneer, primary, prime, unbroached, untapped, untried, unused |
| Antonyms: | concluding, final, latest |
| Main Entry: | new |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | recent, fresh |
| Synonyms: | advanced, au courant, brand-new, contemporary, current, cutting-edge, dewy, different, dissimilar, distinct, fashionable, inexperienced, just out, late, latest, modern, modernistic, modish, neoteric, newfangled, novel, now*, original, recent, spick-and-span, state-of-the-art, strange, topical, ultramodern, unaccustomed, uncontaminated, unfamiliar, unique, unknown, unlike, unseasoned, unskilled, unspoiled, untouched, untrained, untried, untrodden, unused, unusual, up-to-date, virgin, youthful |
| Antonyms: | deteriorated, old, old-fashioned, outdated, worn |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | original |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | fresh, new |
| Synonyms: | avant garde, breaking new ground, causal, causative, conceiving, creative, demiurgic, devising, envisioning, fertile, formative, generative, imaginative, ingenious, innovational, innovative, innovatory, inspiring, inventive, novel, originative, productive, quick, ready, resourceful, seminal, sensitive, unconventional, unprecedented, untried, unusual |
| Antonyms: | borrowed, hackneyed, old, used, worn |
| 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: | strange |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | exotic, foreign |
| Synonyms: | alien, apart, awkward, detached, external, faraway, irrelevant, isolated, lost, new, novel, out of place, outside, remote, romanesque, romantic, unexplored, unfamiliar, unknown, unrelated, untried |
| Antonyms: | common, native |
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