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spring chicken
adjective as in inexperienced
Strongest matches
adjective as in uninitiate
adjective as in unpracticed
Weak matches
- amateur
- callow
- fresh
- green
- ignorant
- immature
- inept
- inexpert
- innocent
- kid
- naive
- new
- prentice
- raw
- rookie
- rude
- sophomoric
- tenderfoot
- unaccustomed
- unacquainted
- unconversant
- undisciplined
- unfamiliar with
- unfledged
- uninitiate
- uninitiated
- unschooled
- unseasoned
- unsophisticated
- untrained
- untried
- unused
- unversed
- unworldly
- verdant
- wet behind ears
- young
Example Sentences
As impersonated by Matt Walker, the company’s director and comic frontman, he makes the late-career Las Vegas singer look like a spring chicken.
“The papacy is a huge burden. Especially for an older man,” Adeyemi replies, cutting his eyes at Tremblay, no spring chicken, in a particular way.
“I mean, I’m 40 years old. I know I’m not a spring chicken anymore.”
“I’m not a 22-year-old spring chicken anymore. I’m 31 and I got to find a way to stay fresh and stay warm.”
Mr Biden turns 81 on Monday, making him the oldest president ever, with Mr Trump no spring chicken at 77.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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