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| Main Entry: | |
| 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: | amateur |
| 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: | draft |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | select for military force |
| Synonyms: | call up, choose, conscribe, conscript, dragoon, enlist, enroll, impress, indite, induct, muster, press, recruit, sign on, sign up |
| Notes: | wind moves horizontally, while a draft moves vertically |
| Main Entry: | enlist |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | sign up for responsibility |
| Synonyms: | admit, appoint, assign, attract, call to arms, call up, conscribe, conscript, draft, embody, employ, engage, enroll, enter, enter into, gather, get, hire, hitch, incorporate, induct, initiate, inscribe, interest, join, join up, levy, list, mobilize, muster, oblige, obtain, place, press into service, procure, record, recruit, register, reserve, secure, serve, sign on, take on, volunteer |
| Antonyms: | avoid, dodge, shun |
| Main Entry: | enroll |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | sign up for membership |
| Synonyms: | accept, admit, become student, call up, employ, engage, enlist, enter, join, join up, matriculate, muster, obtain, recruit, register, serve, sign on, subscribe, take course, take on |
| Antonyms: | avoid, dodge, ignore, pass, reject |
| 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: | induct |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take into an organization |
| Synonyms: | conscript, draft, enlist, inaugurate, initiate, install, instate, introduce, invest, recruit, sign on, sign up, swear in |
| Antonyms: | blackball, expel, reject, turn away |
| Main Entry: | layperson |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | amateur person, not trained in religious or other profession |
| Synonyms: | believer, dilettante, follower, laic, member, neophyte, nonprofessional, novice, outsider, parishioner, proselyte, recruit, secular |
| Antonyms: | minister, ordained, priest, professional, reverend |
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