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credulous

ˈkrɛdjʊləs

adjective

having or showing too great a readiness to believe things.

a ceremony staged for credulous tourists

gullible,naive,impressionable,trusting,over-trusting,over-trustful,exploitable,dupable,deceivable,easily deceived,easily taken in,easily led,unsuspicious,unwary,unguarded,unsceptical,uncritical,unquestioning,innocent,ingenuous,unworldly,inexperienced,unsophisticated,artless,guileless,green,as green as grass,callow,raw,immature,childlike,wide-eyed,simple,ignorant,wet behind the ears,born yesterday,incognizant,nescient

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covetous

ˈkʌvɪtəs

adjective

having or showing a great desire to possess something belonging to someone else.

she fingered the linen with covetous hands

grasping,greedy,rapacious,insatiable,yearning,acquisitive,desirous,possessive,selfish,jealous,envious,green with envy,green,green-eyed,grudging,begrudging,grabby

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childlike

ˈtʃʌɪl(d)lʌɪk

adjective

(of an adult) having the good qualities, such as innocence, associated with a child.

she speaks with a childlike directness

innocent,artless,guileless,simple,unworldly,unsophisticated,green,inexperienced,naive,ingenuous,trusting,trustful,unsuspicious,unwary,unguarded,credulous,gullible,easily taken in,unaffected,without airs,open,frank,uninhibited,natural,spontaneous,down-to-earth,wet behind the ears

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cash

kaʃ

noun

money in coins or notes, as distinct from cheques, money orders, or credit.

the staff were paid in cash

money,ready money/cash,currency,legal tender,hard cash,notes,bank notes,coins,coinage,coin,coin of the realm,change,silver,copper,bills,dough,bread,loot,shekels,moolah,wad,boodle,dibs,gelt,ducats,rhino,gravy,dosh,brass,lolly,spondulicks,wonga,ackers,the ready,readies,greenbacks,dinero,simoleons,bucks,jack,mazuma,Oscar,splosh,green,tin,l.s.d.,kale,rocks,shinplasters,specie

verb

give or obtain notes or coins for (a cheque or money order).

the bank cashed her cheque

exchange,change,convert into cash/money,turn into cash/money,encash,realize,liquidate,honour,pay,accept,take

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callower

ˈkaləʊ

adjective

(of a young person) inexperienced and immature.

earnest and callow undergraduates

immature,inexperienced,naive,green,as green as grass,born yesterday,raw,unseasoned,untrained,untried,juvenile,adolescent,jejune,innocent,guileless,artless,unworldly,unsophisticated,wet behind the ears

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callow

ˈkaləʊ

adjective

(of a young person) inexperienced and immature.

earnest and callow undergraduates

immature,inexperienced,naive,green,as green as grass,born yesterday,raw,unseasoned,untrained,untried,juvenile,adolescent,jejune,innocent,guileless,artless,unworldly,unsophisticated,wet behind the ears

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boyish

ˈbɔɪɪʃ

adjective

of, like, or characteristic of a male child or young man.

his boyish charm

youthful,young,childlike,adolescent,teenage,teenaged,fresh-faced,immature,juvenile,infantile,childish,babyish,callow,green,puerile,bread-and-butter

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alabaster

/ˈæləˌbæstər/

noun

A fine-grained, translucent form of gypsum, typically white, often carved into ornaments.

The stones used include red jasper, white oriental alabaster, yellow chalcedony, and green gabbro.

adjective

Made of alabaster.

the gilded alabaster tomb of Sir Anthony Browne

white,pallid,pasty,pasty-faced,wan,colourless,anaemic,bloodless,washed out,peaky,peakish,ashen,ashen-faced,ashy,chalky,chalk white,grey,whitish,white-faced,whey-faced,waxen,waxy,blanched,drained,pinched,green,ghastly,sickly,sallow,as white as a sheet,as white as a ghost,deathly pale,cadaverous,corpse-like,looking as if one had seen a ghost

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