Thesaurus:beginner

Thesaurus

beginner

English

Noun

Sense: someone who is just starting at something, or only recently started

Synonyms

• abecedarian
• alphabetarian
• apprentice
• amateur
• beginner
• bun (internet slang)
• colt
• first-timer
• fledgling (figurative)
• fresh meat
• freshman (obsolete)
• greenhorn (chiefly US)
• greenie (US, slang)
• greener (slang, derogatory)
• homo novus (rare)
• inceptor
• initiate
• Johnny-come-lately (idiomatic)
• learner    [⇒ thesaurus]
• neophyte
• newbie (slang)
• newb (internet slang, pejorative)
• newbro
• new chum (Australia)
• newcomer    [⇒ thesaurus]
• newling
• noob (internet slang, pejorative)
• n00b (internet slang, pejorative)
• novice
• novitiate
• nozzer (dated, slang, derogatory)
• nub (internet slang, pejorative)
• nubcake (rare, internet slang, pejorative)
• puny (obsolete)
• pup
• probationer
• probationist
• probie
• recruit
• stranger
• rookie
• tenderfoot
• trainee
• tyro
• younker (obsolete)

Antonyms

• campaigner
• cognoscente
• connoisseur
• expert
• journeyman
• knowbie (internet slang)
• master
• maven (chiefly US)
• old hand (idiomatic)
• old sweat (UK, slang, figurative)
• oldbie (rare, internet slang)
• oldtimer
• skilled person    [⇒ thesaurus]
• specialist
• trouper
• veteran

Hyponyms

• catechumen (Christianity)
• cheechako
• debutante
• fanling
• fresher (UK)
• freshman (US)
• frosh (US)
• Johnny Raw
• landlubber (pejorative)
• neofan
• neo
• new bug (UK, public school slang)
• novi (UK, public school slang)
• punter
• rick (US, military slang, pejorative)
• sprog (UK, military slang)
• teejay (UK, public school slang)

Hypernyms

• person    [⇒ thesaurus]

See also

• new    [⇒ thesaurus]
• naive    [⇒ thesaurus]
• unskilled person    [⇒ thesaurus]

Further reading

• “541. learner” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “beginner” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.
• some synonyms at Google Ngram Viewer