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greenie.

An environmentalist, someone who shows concern for the environment; often aimed at environmental extremists.

7 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun
  1. An environmentalist, someone who shows concern for the environment; often aimed at environmental extremists.

    Australia · New-Zealand · derogatory · slang
  2. A member of the Australian Greens.

    Australian · broadly · informal
  3. A person from Colorado; after the color of the Colorado license plate.

    US · derogatory · slang
  4. An unripe fruit.

    informal
  5. A beginner, a novice; a greenhorn.

    US · slang
  6. A small, green object.

    informal
  7. A small, green object. A blob of nasal mucus; a bogey.

    informal · slang
  8. A small, green object. Amphetamines used in baseball.

    US · informal · slang
  9. Any of various birds having predominantly green plumage. A green-headed sunbird (Cyanomitra verticalis), of Africa.

    informal
  10. Any of various birds having predominantly green plumage. A scaly-breasted lorikeet (Trichoglossus chlorolepidotus), of Australia.

    informal
  11. Any of various birds having predominantly green plumage. A white-plumed honeyeater (Ptilotula penicillata), of Australia.

    informal
  12. Any of various birds having predominantly green plumage. A western silvereye (Zosterops lateralis chloronotus), of Western Australia.

    informal
  13. An Atlantic thread herring (Opisthonema oglinum), a herring-like fish in the family Clupeidae.

    informal
  14. The yellowtail rockfish (Sebastes flavidus), a fish in the family Sebastidae.

    informal
  15. Diminutive of greenback.

    diminutive · form-of · slang
  16. The player whose ball is closest to the hole on a par-3 hole after the first shot (drive), in the case when multiple players reach the green on that first shot and the player with the closest ball sinks the ball within the next two shots.

  17. A Green Beret.

    US · slang
  18. A green glass bottle of Heineken beer.

    US · slang
Where this word comes from

From green + -ie. Environmentalist sense first attested in Australia in 1973, referring to trade unionists who supported green bans.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.