Environmentalist vs. Greenie

Environmentalistnoun

One who holds the view that environment, rather than heredity or culture, is the primary factor in the development of an individual or group.

Environmentalistnoun

One who advocates for the protection of the biosphere from misuse from human activity through such measures as ecosystem protection, waste reduction and pollution prevention

Environmentalistadjective

Of, or relating to environmentalism.

Environmentalistnoun

someone who works to protect the environment from destruction or pollution

Environmentalist

An environmentalist is a person who is concerned with and/or advocates for the protection of the environment. An environmentalist can be considered a supporter of the goals of the environmental movement, .

Greenienoun

An environmentalist, someone who shows concern for the environment; but specifically one who "tries too hard" to protect the environment and whose supposedly pro-environment actions are considered to be useless or taken to the extreme.

Greenienoun

A member of the Green Party.

Greenienoun

A person from Colorado; after the color of the Colorado license plate.

Greenienoun

(informal) An unripe fruit.

Greenienoun

A beginner, a novice; a greenhorn.

Greenienoun

(informal) A small, green object.

Greenienoun

(slang) A blob of nasal mucus; a bogey.

Greenienoun

A tablet of amphetamine.

Greenienoun

(informal) Any of various birds having predominantly green plumage.

Greenienoun

The green-headed sunbird, Cyanomitra verticalis, of Africa.

Greenienoun

The scaly-breasted lorikeet, Trichoglossus chlorolepidotus, of Australia.

Greenienoun

The white-plumed honeyeater, Ptilotula penicillata, of Australia.

Greenienoun

(informal) The Atlantic thread herring (Opisthonema oglinum), a herring-like fish in the family Clupeidae.

Greenienoun

(informal) The yellowtail rockfish (Sebastes flavidus), a fish in the family Sebastidae.