| Main Entry: | |
| 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: | pupil |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who is learning something |
| Synonyms: | adherent, attendant, beginner, bookworm, brain*, catechumen, disciple, first-year student, follower, graduate student, junior, learner, neophyte, novice, satellite, scholar, schoolboy/ girl, senior, sophomore, student, tenderfoot, undergraduate |
| Antonyms: | professor, teacher |
| Main Entry: | recruit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person beginning service |
| Synonyms: | GI, apprentice, beginner, convert, draftee, enlisted person, fledgling, greenhorn, helper, initiate, learner, neophyte, new person, newcomer, novice, novitiate, plebe, proselyte, rookie, sailor, selectee, serviceperson, soldier, tenderfoot, trainee, volunteer |
| 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 |
| Main Entry: | trainee |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | beginner |
| Synonyms: | abecedarian, amateur, apprentice, buckwheater, cadet, colt, greenhorn, learner, neophyte, new kid on the block, newcomer, novice, novitiate, pupil, recruit, rookie, starter, student, tenderfoot, tyro |
| Main Entry: | tyro |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | beginner |
| Synonyms: | abecedarian, amateur, apprentice, buckwheater, cadet, colt, greenhorn, learner, neophyte, new kid on the block, newcomer, novice, novitiate, pupil, recruit, rookie, starter, student, tenderfoot, trainee |
| Main Entry: | abecedarian |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | beginner |
| Synonyms: | amateur, dabbler, fledgling, learner, neophyte, novice, tenderfoot |
| Main Entry: | layman |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | amateur |
| Synonyms: | believer, dilettante, follower, laic, lay person, member, neophyte, nonprofessional, novice, outsider, parishioner, proselyte, recruit, secular |
| Antonyms: | professional |