Synonyms of wet behind the ears

wet behind the ears

phrase

as in adolescent

lacking in adult experience or maturity

The new intern is still a little wet behind the ears.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• adolescent
• inexperienced
• immature
• young
• juvenile
• raw
• green
• puerile
• unfledged
• unripe
• unformed
• callow
• unripened
• innocent
• youthful
• naive
• infantile
• childish
• infantilized
• infantine
• juvenescent
• girlish
• babyish
• boyish
• youngish
• unsophisticated
• naïve
• virginal
• untrained
• maidenly
• ingenuous
• kiddish
• untried
• unknowing
• unseasoned
• tender

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• adult
• experienced
• mature
• ripe
• grown-up
• advanced
• knowing
• sophisticated
• precocious
• worldly
• savvy
• worldly-wise