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| Main Entry: | |
| 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: | colt |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | young horse |
| Synonyms: | filly, fledgling, foal, rookie, sapling, yearling, youngling, youngster |
| Main Entry: | dilettante |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | amateurish |
| Synonyms: | artsy fartsy, dabbling, green*, half-baked, half-cocked, rookie, tenderfoot, unaccomplished, ungifted, unskilled |
| Antonyms: | professional |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dilettante |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | amateur |
| Synonyms: | abecedarian, aesthete, connoisseur, dabbler, dallier, greenhorn, nonprofessional, rookie, smatterer, tenderfoot, trifler, tyro, uninitiate |
| Antonyms: | professional |
| 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: | freshman |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | first-year student |
| Synonyms: | beginner, frosh, greenhorn, novice, rookie, underclassman, undergrad, undergraduate |
| Main Entry: | inexperienced |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unskilled, unfamiliar |
| Synonyms: | amateur, callow, fresh, green*, ignorant, immature, inept, inexpert, innocent, kid*, naive, new, prentice, raw*, rookie, rude, sophomoric, spring chicken, tenderfoot, unaccustomed, unacquainted, unconversant, undisciplined, unfamiliar with, unfledged, unpracticed, unschooled, unseasoned, unsophisticated, untrained, untried, unused, unversed, unworldly, verdant, wet behind ears, young |
| Antonyms: | educated, experienced, expert, familiar, schooled, seasoned, skilled, trained, versed |
* = 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 |
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