| 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 |
| Main Entry: | alien |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | foreign being |
Synonyms: |
blow in, floater, foreigner, greenhorn, guest, immigrant, incomer, interloper, intruder, invader, migrant, newcomer, noncitizen, outsider, refugee, settler, squatter, stranger, visitor, weed* |
Antonyms: |
citizen, countryman, national, native, settler |
| 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: | apprentice |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | novice/learner of a trade |
Synonyms: |
amateur, beginner, flunky, greenhorn, heel, neophyte, new kid on block, newcomer, novitiate, probationer, pupil, rook, rookie*, starter, student, tenderfoot, tyro |
Antonyms: |
mentor, teacher |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Main Entry: | foreigner |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person from another country |
Synonyms: |
alien, fresh off the boat, greenhorn, immigrant, incomer, newcomer, outlander, outsider, stranger |
Antonyms: |
citizen, local, national, native |
| Main Entry: | freshman |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | first-year student |
Synonyms: |
beginner, frosh, greenhorn, novice, rookie, underclassman, undergrad, undergraduate |
| 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* |