Neophyte synonyms

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amateur (related)
A person attached to a particular pursuit, study, or science as to music or painting; especially one who cultivates any study or art, from taste or attachment, without pursuing it professionally.
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rookie
An athlete either new to the sport or to a team or in his first year of professional competition, especially said of baseball, basketball, hockey and American football players.
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tyro
A beginner; a novice. [from 17th c.]
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convert
A person who has converted to his or her religion.
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novice
A person on probation in a religious group or order before taking vows; neophyte
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student
An attentive observer:
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catechumen
A person receiving instruction in the fundamentals of any subject
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learner
One that is learning
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newcomer
One who has only recently arrived.
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trainee
Someone who is still in the process of being formally trained in a workplace.
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abecedarian
A beginner; a novice.
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fledgling
(Figuratively) An immature, naïve and/or inexperienced person.
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freshman
A person in the first year, term, etc. of some enterprise
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initiate
A person who has recently been, or is about to be, initiated
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tenderfoot
A newcomer not yet hardened to rough outdoor life; a greenhorn.
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start (related)
An act of beginning; an initial effort:
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dream-weavers (related)
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beginner
Someone who is just starting at something, or has only recently started.
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greenhorn
An inexperienced person; beginner; novice
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proselyte
A new convert to a doctrine or religion.
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tiro
Tyro
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fledgeling
Alternative spelling of fledgling.
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starter
(Sports) One who signals the start of a race.
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newbie
(Slang) A newcomer, someone new to something. [from 20th c.]
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entrant
One that enters, especially one that enters a competition.
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aspirant (related)
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novitiate
A novice
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