'Callow' definitions:
Definition of 'callow'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Callow'
From: GCIDE
- Callow \Cal"low\, a. [OE. calewe, calu, bald, AS. calu; akin to D. kaal, OHG. chalo, G. Kuhl; cf. L. calvus.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. Destitute of feathers; naked; unfledged. [1913 Webster]
- An in the leafy summit, spied a nest, Which, o'er the callow young, a sparrow pressed. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Immature; boyish; "green"; as, a callow youth. [1913 Webster]
- I perceive by this, thou art but a callow maid. --Old Play [1675]. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Callow'
From: GCIDE
- Callow \Cal*low"\, n. (Zool.) [Named from its note.] A kind of duck. See Old squaw. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'callow'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- a novice at,
- a stranger to,
- adolescent,
- arrested,
- at half cock,
- awkward,
- blankminded,
- budding,
- defective,
- deficient,
- dewy,
- dumb,
- embryonic,
- empty,
- empty-headed,
- ever-new,
- evergreen,
- failing,
- firsthand,
- fledgling,
- fresh,
- gauche,
- green,
- green as grass,
- groping,
- growing,
- guileless,
- half-baked,
- half-cocked,
- half-grown,
- hypoplastic,
- ignorant,
- ill-digested,
- immature,
- impubic,
- in arrear,
- in arrears,
- in default,
- in short supply,
- inadequate,
- inane,
- incomplete,
- inexperienced,
- infant,
- ingenuous,
- innocent,
- intact,
- juicy,
- juvenile,
- know-nothing,
- lacking,
- maiden,
- maidenly,
- minor,
- missing,
- naive,
- needing,
- neoteric,
- nescient,
- nestling,
- new,
- new to,
- new-fledged,
- original,
- part,
- partial,
- patchy,
- pristine,
- raw,
- ripening,
- sappy,
- scant,
- scanty,
- scrappy,
- sempervirent,
- short,
- shy,
- simple,
- sketchy,
- strange to,
- tender,
- tentative,
- unaccustomed to,
- unacquainted,
- unacquainted with,
- unadult,
- unapprized,
- unbeaten,
- uncomprehending,
- unconversant,
- unconversant with,
- underage,
- underdeveloped,
- underripe,
- undeveloped,
- unenlightened,
- unexperienced,
- unfamiliar,
- unfamiliar with,
- unfledged,
- unformed,
- ungrown,
- unhandled,
- unilluminated,
- uninformed,
- uninitiated,
- uninitiated in,
- unintelligent,
- unknowing,
- unlicked,
- unmatured,
- unmellowed,
- unposted,
- unpracticed,
- unpracticed in,
- unripe,
- unseasoned,
- unskilled in,
- unsophisticated,
- unsure,
- untouched,
- untried,
- untrodden,
- unused,
- unused to,
- unversed,
- unversed in,
- vacuous,
- vernal,
- virgin,
- virginal,
- wanting,
- young,
- youthful