callow
2 synonyms and 2 antonyms for callow, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Adj — Young and lacking experience of life.
Synonyms
Rare, literary or technical
Precise, but they will stand out — check the sense before using one.
fledgling
unfledged
Antonyms
Etymology
From Middle English calwe (“(adjective) bald; (noun) bald person”), from Old English calu, caluw (“without hair, bald, callow”), from Proto-West Germanic *kalu, from Proto-Germanic *kalwaz (“bald; bare, naked”), and then either: * from Proto-Indo-European *gol(H)-wo- (“bald; bare, naked”), from *gelH- (“head; naked”);...
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