| 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: | 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 |
| Main Entry: | disciple |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | believer, follower |
Synonyms: |
adherent, apostle, attendant, booster, buff, bug*, catechumen, cohort, convert, devotee, enthusiast, fan, fanatic, fiend, freak, groupie, hound, junkie, learner, nut*, partisan, proselyte, pupil, rooter, satellite, sectary, sectator, student, supporter, votary, witness, zealot |
Antonyms: |
god |
| 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: | 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: | labor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person(s) performing service |
Synonyms: |
apprentice, blue collar, breadwinner, employee, hack*, hand*, hard hat, help, helper, hireling, instrument, laborer, learner, operative, prentice, proletariat, rank and file, toiler, work force, worker, working people |
Antonyms: |
management, manager |
| 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 |
Antonyms: |
expert, professional |
| 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 |