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colt
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | young horse |
| Synonyms: | filly, fledgling, foal, rookie, sapling, yearling, youngling, youngster |
| Main Entry: | fledgling |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | beginner in activity |
| Synonyms: | apprentice, chick, colt, greenhorn, learner, neophyte, nestling, newcomer, novice, rookie, tenderfoot, trainee, tyro* |
| Antonyms: | expert, professional |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | greenhorn |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | inexperienced person |
| Synonyms: | amateur, apprentice, babe*, beginner, colt, hayseed, ingénue, learner, naif, neophyte, new hand, newcomer, novice, recruit, rube, simpleton, tenderfoot, tyro*, virgin |
| Antonyms: | expert, professional |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | horse |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | equine species |
| Synonyms: | bronco, colt, filly, foal, gelding, mare, mustang, nag, plug*, pony, stallion, steed |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | neophyte |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | beginner |
| Synonyms: | abecedarian, amateur, apprentice, colt, fledgling, freshman, greenhorn, new boy/girl, new kid on the block, newcomer, novice, recruit, rookie*, tenderfoot, trainee, tyro* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | newcomer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who has just arrived in area |
| Synonyms: | Johnny-come-lately, alien, arrival, beginner, blow-in, colt, foreigner, greenhorn, immigrant, incomer, late arrival, latecomer, maverick, neophyte, new kid on the block, novice, novitiate, outsider, rookie, settler, stranger, tenderfoot |
| Antonyms: | native, old hack |
| Main Entry: | novice |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person just learning something |
| Synonyms: | amateur, apprentice, beginner, colt, convert*, cub, first of May, fledgling, greenhorn, gremlin, know from nothing, learner, mark*, neophyte, new kid on the block, newcomer, novitiate, plebe, postulant, prentice, probationer, proselyte, punk*, pupil, recruit, rookie, starter, student, tenderfoot, trainee |
| Notes: | an amateur is someone who pursues a study or sport as a pastime; a novice is someone who is new to a field or activity |
| Antonyms: | expert, professional |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | rookie |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | novice |
| Synonyms: | amateur, apprentice, beginner, colt, cub, fledgling, freshman/woman, greenhorn, neophyte, new kid on the block, newcomer, tenderfoot, trainee |
| Main Entry: | tenderfoot |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | newcomer |
| Synonyms: | Johnny-come-lately, amateur, beginner, colt, greenhorn, neophyte, new kid on the block, novice, novitiate, rookie, tyro |
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