Synonyms for callow
ˈkæl oʊcal·low

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1. callow

   Boyish, childish, and girlish are used in a good sense of those to whom they properly belong, but in a bad sense of those from whom more maturity is to be expected; childish eagerness or glee is pleasing in a child, but unbecoming in a man; puerile in modern use is distinctly contemptuous. Juvenile and youthful are commonly used in a favorable and kindly sense in their application to those still young; youthful in the sense of having the characteristics of youth, hence fresh, vigorous, light-hearted, buoyant, may have a favorable import as applied to any age, as when we say the old man still retains his youthful ardor, vigor, or hopefulness; juvenile in such use would belittle the statement. Young is distinctively applied to those in the early stage of life or not arrived at maturity. Compare NEW.

   Compare synonyms for OLD.

   Synonyms:
   adolescent, boyish, childish, childlike, girlish, immature, juvenile, puerile, young, youthful

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1. fledgling, unfledged, callowadjective

   young and inexperienced

   "a fledgling enterprise"; "a fledgling skier"; "an unfledged lawyer"

   Synonyms:
   unfledged, fledgeless, unvaned, fledgling, fledgling(a), immature, fledgeling(a)

   Antonyms:
   experient, experienced

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1. callowadjective

   Synonyms:
   unfledged, unfeathered, naked

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1. callowadjective

   Synonyms:
   unfledged, unfeathered, immature, green, inexperienced

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