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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | casual participant |
| Synonyms: | Sunday driver, abecedarian, apprentice, aspirant, beginner, bush leaguer, dabbler, dilettante, greenhorn, ham, hopeful, layperson, learner, neophyte, nonprofessional, novice, probationer, putterer, recruit, tenderfoot, tyro |
| 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: | professional |
| Main Entry: | beginner |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person unskilled in something |
| Synonyms: | abecedarian, amateur, apprentice, buckwheater, catechumen, colt, fish*, fledgling, greenhorn, greenie, initiate, learner, neophyte, new kid on the block, new person, newcomer, novice, novitiate, probationer, recruit, starter, student, tenderfoot, trainee, tyro |
| Antonyms: | expert, old hand, professional, veteran |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | entrant |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person entering competition, starting new activity |
| Synonyms: | aspirant, beginner, candidate, competitor, contestant, convert, entry, incomer, initiate, neophyte, new member, newcomer, novice, participant, petitioner, player, probationer, rival, solicitor, tenderfoot |
| Antonyms: | fan, spectator |
| Main Entry: | learner |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who receives education |
| Synonyms: | abecedarian, apprentice, beginner, bookworm, catechumen, disciple, initiate, neophyte, novice, probationer, pupil, scholar, student, trainee |
| Antonyms: | ignoramus |
| 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: | novitiate |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | beginner |
| Synonyms: | abecedarian, amateur, apprentice, buckwheater, catechumen, colt, fish*, fledgling, freshman, greenhorn, greenie, initiate, learner, neophyte, new kid on the block, new person, newcomer, novice, probationer, recruit, starter, student, tenderfoot, trainee, tyro |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | smatterer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | amateur |
| Synonyms: | Sunday driver, abecedarian, apprentice, aspirant, beginner, bush leaguer, dabbler, dilettante, greenhorn, ham, hopeful, layperson, learner, neophyte, nonprofessional, novice, probationer, putterer, recruit, tenderfoot, tyro, uninitiate |
| Main Entry: | uninitiate |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | amateur |
| Synonyms: | Sunday driver, abecedarian, apprentice, aspirant, beginner, bush leaguer, dabbler, dilettante, greenhorn, ham, hopeful, layperson, learner, neophyte, nonprofessional, novice, probationer, putterer, recruit, smatterer, tenderfoot, tyro |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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| Concept: | Learner. |
| Synonyms: |
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learner, scholar, student, pupil; apprentice, prentice; articled clerk; beginner, tyro, abecedarian, alphabetarian; alumnus, eleve., recruit, novice, neophyte, inceptor, catechumen, probationer; chela, fellow-commoner; debutant., schoolboy; fresh, freshman; junior soph, junior; senior soph, senior; sophister, sophomore, soph; questionist., undergraduate., class, form, remove; pupilage (learning)., disciple, follower, apostle, proselyte; fellow-student, condisciple.
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| Antonyms: | teacher |
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