Another word for inexperienced
a-z
Adjective
Lacking experience and the knowledge gained from it
- Inexperienced, untrained.
- Not expressed in verse, unversified.
- Not attempted, tested, or proved.
- Not tried in court.
- Lacking experience and the knowledge gained from it; inexperienced.
- Inadequately aged or seasoned; not ripe or mature:
- Having no added seasoning:
- Not yet tested or tried.
- Lacking the benefit of experience; unskilled.
- Not knowledgeable or skilled; inexperienced.
- An uninformed, unskilled, or inexperienced person or group of people. Often used with the:
- Those who have not been initiated, outsiders.
- Not experienced.
- Uncooked:
- Being in a natural condition; not processed or refined:
- Not finished, covered, or coated:
- Not expert; unskilled.
- The hue of that portion of the visible spectrum lying between yellow and blue, evoked in the human observer by radiant energy with wavelengths of approximately 490 to 570 nanometers; any of a group of colors that may vary in lightness and saturation and whose hue is that of the emerald or somewhat less yellow than that of growing grass; one of the additive or light primaries; one of the psychological primary hues.
- Something green in color.
- The branches and leaves of plants used for decoration.
See also:
© Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Another word for inexperienced
Modifier
-
- Yielding readily to pressure or weight:
- Easily molded, cut, or worked:
- Not tense and therefore capable of absorbing the impact of a ball or puck and of catching, receiving, or controlling it:
- A newcomer not yet hardened to rough outdoor life; a greenhorn.
- An inexperienced person; a novice.
- A Boy Scout of the lowest rank.
- A person who has not experienced sexual intercourse.
- A female virgin. Used chiefly in historical contexts.
- The Virgin Mary.
- Not having experienced sexual intercourse; virginal.
- Abstaining from sexual relations that are not sanctioned by certain religious laws or moral principles.
- Abstaining from sexual relations; celibate.
- having no beard
- too young to have a beard
- young, callow, etc.
- Characterized by youth; young:
- Typical of or suggesting youth:
- In an early stage of development; new:
- Green with vegetation; covered with green growth.
- Green in hue.
- Lacking experience or sophistication; naive.
- Uncooked:
- Being in a natural condition; not processed or refined:
- Not finished, covered, or coated:
- The hue of that portion of the visible spectrum lying between yellow and blue, evoked in the human observer by radiant energy with wavelengths of approximately 490 to 570 nanometers; any of a group of colors that may vary in lightness and saturation and whose hue is that of the emerald or somewhat less yellow than that of growing grass; one of the additive or light primaries; one of the psychological primary hues.
- Something green in color.
- The branches and leaves of plants used for decoration.
- Lacking experience and the knowledge gained from it; inexperienced.
- Inadequately aged or seasoned; not ripe or mature:
- Having no added seasoning:
- Easily crushed or bruised; fragile:
- Easily chewed or cut:
- Young and vulnerable:
- Not ripe or matured; immature.
- Not fully ready or prepared.
- Not fully grown or developed:
- Marked by or suggesting a lack of normal maturity:
- An immature animal; a juvenile.
- Having been made or come into being only a short time ago; recent:
- Still fresh:
- Never used or worn before now:
- Not familiar or acquainted with another.
- Not informed or knowledgeable:
- Lacking adult maturity or experience; immature:
- Not having, showing, or making use of information; not informed:
- Uncorrupted by evil, malice, or wrongdoing; sinless:
- Not guilty of a specific crime or offense; legally blameless:
- Within, allowed by, or sanctioned by the law; lawful.
- Lacking education or knowledge.
- Showing or arising from a lack of education or knowledge:
- Unaware or uninformed:
- Inexperienced, untrained.
- Not expressed in verse, unversified.
- New to one's experience; not encountered before:
- Unusual or different:
- Recently made, produced, or harvested; not stale or spoiled:
- Lacking the ability or skill to perform effectively; incompetent:
- Not producing the intended result; ineffective:
- Wasteful of time, energy, or materials:
- Not expert; unskilled.
- Not yet tested or tried.
- Lacking the benefit of experience; unskilled.
- Not educated or instructed; having little or no formal schooling.
- Not the result of training; natural:
- Having had no formal education or instruction.
- Unsophisticated; unrefined.
- One who engages in an art, science, study, or athletic activity as a pastime rather than as a profession.
- An athlete who has never accepted money, or who accepts money under restrictions specified by a regulatory body, for participating in a competition.
- One lacking the skill of a professional, as in an art.
- Not sophisticated.
- Simple and guileless; artless:
- Unsuspecting or credulous:
- Showing or characterized by a lack of sophistication and critical judgment:
- Not attempted, tested, or proved.
- Not tried in court.
- Having no official license.
- Done without permission; not authorized.
- Lacking moral restraint; unrestrained.
- Lacking training, not having been instructed in something.
- Lacking skill or technical training:
- Requiring no training or skill:
- Exhibiting a lack of skill; inexpert:
- Not common or usual:
- Not being habituated. Used with to:
- Not in use or put to use.
- Never having been used.
- Not accustomed:
Antonyms:
© WEBSTER’S NEW WORLD® ROGET’S A-Z THESAURUS by Charlton Laird and the editors of Webster’s New World dictionaries. Copyright © 1999 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.