callow
adjective /ˈkæl.əʊ/
/-oʊ/ literary disapprovingDefinition
› describes someone, especially a young person, who behaves in a way that shows they have little experience, confidence, or judgment: Mark was just a callow youth of 16 when he arrived in Paris.Naive and trustingInexperienced (of people)
(Definition of callow adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- an easy touch idiom
- be easy game/meat idiom
- be easy prey idiom
- be wet behind the ears idiom
- butter wouldn't melt in sb's mouth idiom
- dewy-eyed adjective
- impressionable adjective
- ingenuous adjective
- jejune adjective
- look at/see sth through rose-coloured/tinted glasses idiom
- naivety noun
- pushover noun
- see things in black and white idiom
- simple adjective (FOOLISH)
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- sucker noun (FOOLISH PERSON)
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