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verdant

adj · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • US: /ˈvɜɹ.dənt/
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  • CMU ARPABET: V ER1 D AH0 N T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Green in colour.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: greenly, virid, greenish, greeny, verdant, verdurous, vert, virescent, viridescent

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Abundant in verdure; lush with vegetation.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: bosky, lush

Antonyms: none provided

3

adj

Meaning 3

Fresh.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

adj

Meaning 4

Inexperienced.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • a verdant youth from the interior of Connecticut

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: callow, raw, experienceless, inexperienced, unexperienced, fresh, green, new, punk, pup, strange, unpracticed, unseasoned, unseen, unversed

Antonyms: none provided

5

adjective satellite

Meaning 5

characterized by abundance of verdure

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Middle French verdoyant, from Old French verb verdier, verdoier, from vert (“green”), from Vulgar Latin *virdis, from Latin viridis.

Across languages

Translations

73 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: зелен (zelen) — green
  • Bulgarian: свеж (svež) — green
  • Chinese Mandarin: 青 (qīng) — green
  • Chinese Mandarin: 苍翠 (cāngcuì) — green
  • Chinese Mandarin: 葱绿 (Cōnglǜ) — green
  • Dutch: groen — green
  • Finnish: vihreä — green
  • French: verdoyant — green
  • French: vert — green
  • Galician: verde — green
  • Georgian: მწვანე (mc̣vane) — green
  • German: grün — green
  • Greek: πράσινος (prásinos) — green
  • Italian: verde — green
  • Macedonian: зе́лен (zélen) — green
  • Māori: mata — green
  • Māori: matomato — green
  • Norwegian: grønn — green
  • Polish: zielenisty — green
  • Polish: zielony — green
  • Portuguese: verdejante — green
  • Romanian: verde — green
  • Russian: зелёный (zeljónyj) — green
  • Scottish Gaelic: gorm — green
  • Spanish: verde — green
  • Swedish: grön — green
  • Bulgarian: зелен (zelen) — abundant in verdure
  • Dutch: weelderig — abundant in verdure
  • Finnish: vihanta — abundant in verdure
  • Finnish: vehreä — abundant in verdure
  • Finnish: rehevä — abundant in verdure
  • Finnish: vehmas — abundant in verdure
  • French: verdoyant — abundant in verdure
  • French: luxuriant — abundant in verdure
  • Galician: verdoso — abundant in verdure
  • Georgian: მწვანე (mc̣vane) — abundant in verdure
  • German: üppig — abundant in verdure
  • German: grünend — abundant in verdure
  • Greek: χλοερός (chloerós) — abundant in verdure
  • Ingrian: haljas — abundant in verdure
  • Italian: verdeggiante — abundant in verdure
  • Macedonian: зе́лен (zélen) — abundant in verdure
  • Māori: matomato — abundant in verdure
  • Portuguese: verdejante — abundant in verdure
  • Romanian: luxuriant — abundant in verdure
  • Russian: зелёный (zeljónyj) — abundant in verdure
  • Bulgarian: свеж (svež) — fresh
  • Dutch: vers — fresh
  • Dutch: fris — fresh
  • Finnish: vihanta — fresh
  • Finnish: vehreä — fresh
  • Finnish: vihreä — fresh
  • Georgian: ახალი (axali) — fresh
  • German: frisch — fresh
  • Greek: χλωρός (chlorós) — fresh
  • Macedonian: свеж (svež) — fresh
  • Romanian: proaspăt — fresh
  • Russian: све́жий (svéžij) — fresh
  • Bulgarian: незрял (nezrjal) — inexperienced
  • Bulgarian: неопитен (neopiten) — inexperienced
  • Dutch: onervaren — inexperienced
  • Finnish: vihreä — inexperienced
  • Galician: verde — inexperienced
  • Georgian: გამოუცდელი (gamoucdeli) — inexperienced
  • German: unerfahren — inexperienced
  • German: grün hinter den Ohren — inexperienced
  • German: unreif — inexperienced
  • Greek: άγουρος (ágouros) — inexperienced
  • Macedonian: не́зрел (nézrel) — inexperienced
  • Macedonian: неи́скусен (neískusen) — inexperienced
  • Romanian: ageamiu — inexperienced
  • Russian: зелёный (zeljónyj) — inexperienced
  • Russian: нео́пытный (neópytnyj) — inexperienced