Thesaurus:beginner
English
editNoun
editSense: someone who is just starting at something, or only recently started
editSynonyms
edit- abecedarian
- alphabetarian
- apprentice
- amateur
- beginner
- bun (internet slang)
- colt
- first-timer
- fledgling (figurative)
- fresh meat
- freshman (obsolete)
- greenhorn (chiefly US)
- greenie (US, slang)
- greener (slang, derogatory)
- homo novus (rare)
- inceptor
- initiate
- Johnny-come-lately (idiomatic)
- learner [⇒ thesaurus]
- neophyte
- newbie (slang)
- newb (internet slang, pejorative)
- newbro
- new chum (Australia)
- newcomer [⇒ thesaurus]
- newling
- noob (internet slang, pejorative)
- n00b (internet slang, pejorative)
- novice
- novitiate
- nozzer (dated, slang, derogatory)
- nub (internet slang, pejorative)
- nubcake (rare, internet slang, pejorative)
- puny (obsolete)
- pup
- probationer
- probationist
- probie
- recruit
- stranger
- rookie
- tenderfoot
- trainee
- tyro
- younker (obsolete)
Antonyms
edit- campaigner
- cognoscente
- connoisseur
- expert
- journeyman
- knowbie (internet slang)
- master
- maven (chiefly US)
- old hand (idiomatic)
- old sweat (UK, slang, figurative)
- oldbie (rare, internet slang)
- oldtimer
- skilled person [⇒ thesaurus]
- specialist
- trouper
- veteran
Hyponyms
edit- catechumen (Christianity)
- cheechako
- debutante
- fanling
- fresher (UK)
- freshman (US)
- frosh (US)
- Johnny Raw
- landlubber (pejorative)
- neofan
- neo
- new bug (UK, public school slang)
- novi (UK, public school slang)
- punter
- rick (US, military slang, pejorative)
- sprog (UK, military slang)
- teejay (UK, public school slang)
Hypernyms
editSee also
edit- new [⇒ thesaurus]
- naive [⇒ thesaurus]
- unskilled person [⇒ thesaurus]
Further reading
edit- “541. learner” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
- “beginner” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.
- some synonyms at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.