Thesaurus:newcomer

Thesaurus

newcomer

English

Noun

Sense: one who has recently come to a community

Synonyms

• blow-in (Ireland)
• come-here (US dialect)
• comeling (obsolete)
• entrant
• FOB (sometimes derogatory)
• fresh meat (informal)
• freshie (UK)
• greener (slang, derogatory)
• incomer
• Johnny-come-lately
• Johnny Raw
• new chum (Australia, dated, mildly derogatory)
• newcomer
• newbie
• newling
• offcomer
• outcomeling
• stranger

Antonyms

• denizen
• dweller
• inhabitant    [⇒ thesaurus]
• native    [⇒ thesaurus]
• oldtimer
• resident

Hypernyms

• foreigner    [⇒ thesaurus]

Various

• fresh off the boat (adjectival phrase)

See also

• Thesaurus:beginner

Further reading

• “57. extraneousness” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “newcomer” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.