callowness
Green behind ears
Callowness is the quality of being immature and inexperienced, particularly in ways that lead to naïve judgment or clumsy social behavior.
The word implies youth but emphasizes the lack of wisdom that comes with it: His callowness showed in how he handled the rejection.
Where innocence suggests purity, callowness suggests someone not yet seasoned by life.
State of being verdant
- rawnessUnrefined or exposed state
- unseasonedLacking flavor or experience
- untriedNot yet tested
- unschooledLacking formal instruction
untrained · unpracticed · unskilled · amateurishness · novice · beginner · apprentice · learner
State of being young
- childishnessImmature conduct
- puerilityChildish foolishness
- adolescenceTeenage developmental stage
- underdevelopmentInadequate economic or social progress
unripeness · crudeness · rashness · impulsiveness · recklessness · thoughtlessness · short-sightedness · impetuousness
Freedom from wrongdoing
- ingenuousnessInnocent frankness, without cunning
- artlessnessSincere, unfeigned manner
- guilelessnessAbsence of cunning
- simplicityLack of complexity
gullibility · credulousness · unworldliness · wide-eyed · unsophistication · idealism · childlikeness · openness
State of being young
- youngnessState of being young
- freshnessState of being unspoiled
- tendernessGentle, caring quality
- boyishnessQuality of seeming young
girlishness · teenage · pubescence · springtime · salad days · tender years · bloom · earliness
greenness
State of being verdant
- rawnessUnrefined or exposed state
- unseasonedLacking flavor or experience
- untriedNot yet tested
unschooled · untrained · unpracticed · unskilled · amateurishness · novice · beginner · apprentice · learner · trainee
juvenility
State of being young
- childishnessImmature conduct
- puerilityChildish foolishness
- adolescenceTeenage developmental stage
underdevelopment · unripeness · crudeness · rashness · impulsiveness · recklessness · thoughtlessness · short-sightedness · impetuousness · irresponsibility
innocence
Freedom from wrongdoing
- ingenuousnessInnocent frankness, without cunning
- artlessnessSincere, unfeigned manner
- guilelessnessAbsence of cunning
simplicity · gullibility · credulousness · unworldliness · wide-eyed · unsophistication · idealism · childlikeness · openness · unwariness
youthfulness
State of being young
- youngnessState of being young
- freshnessState of being unspoiled
- tendernessGentle, caring quality
boyishness · girlishness · teenage · pubescence · springtime · salad days · tender years · bloom · earliness
- foolishnessfoolishness, silliness, foolish, stupid, folly
callownessexperience
Practical knowledge from life
maturity · seasoning · worldliness · ripeness · preparedness
callownesswisdom
Good judgment from experience
worldly wisdom · sagacity · savviness · sophistication · shrewdness
callownessshrewdness
Keen practical judgment
astuteness · discernment · sagaciousness · judiciousness · perspicacity