DEWY Synonyms: 73 Similar and Opposite Words

dewy

adjective

ˈdü-ē

Definition of dewy

as in naive

lacking in worldly wisdom or informed judgment another version of the story of the dewy small-town youths hoping to make it in the big city

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Unauthorized sequels reveal the extremes of why people make movies in the first place, from purely cynical money grabs to pure — even naive — devotion to characters and their world.

— Katie Rife, IndieWire, 11 Aug. 2026
In just a few short weeks, his childish, naive world becomes brutally adult.

— Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of naive

Adjective

With other phones, even something simple like replacing an aging battery often requires melting adhesive, prying apart fragile glass panels, and decoupling cables.

— Ryan Whitwam, ArsTechnica, 18 Aug. 2026
For a generation that grew up under those glowing Pizza Hut pendants, the appeal is simple.

— Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of simple

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Their quest is complicated by Hampton Squib, an inexperienced and wildly underprepared adventurer whose dream of heroism far exceeds his abilities.

— Denise Petski, Deadline, 20 Aug. 2026
Bass, who finished about 5 points ahead of Raman in the June primary, sought to portray her challenger as an inexperienced outsider who would struggle to build support at City Hall.

— Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of inexperienced

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Kelly wore the green dot at times, calling in the plays for New York’s defense.

— Charlotte Carroll, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2026
By July and August, the mountainsides have turned green, wildflowers bloom across the alpine tundra, and Skagway is at its busiest as the cruise season reaches its peak.

— Bailey Berg, Travel + Leisure, 16 Aug. 2026

Definition of green

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In the first stage, 3 to 6 months in a mouse [about 20 to 30 years in a human], there is a loss of certain fat and muscle cells, and of two immature cell types in the brain that have the capacity to regenerate different types of brain tissue.

— Ingrid Wickelgren, Quanta Magazine, 14 Aug. 2026
The science remains too immature to show whether such behavior is inevitable, Hobbhahn says.

— Chris Stokel-Walker, Scientific American, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of immature

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