Novice synonyms

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Someone who sets (puts) something in motion

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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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amateur (related)

One lacking the skill of a professional, as in an art.

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expert (antonym)

A person who is very skillful or highly trained and informed in some special field

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One just beginning a new kind of life, work, etc.; beginner; novice

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A beginner in the Boy Scouts

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Someone who is still in the process of being formally trained in a workplace.

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A person under legal agreement to work a specified length of time for a master craftsman in a craft or trade in return for instruction and, formerly, support

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postulant

(Christianity) A person seeking admission to a religious order

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start (related)

An act of beginning; an initial effort:

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(Rhetoric) A work which uses words or lines in alphabetical order.

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A punk rocker.

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religion (related)

The life or condition of a person in a religious order:

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A youthful or inexperienced person; a novice

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A person who has converted to his or her religion.

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(Figuratively) An immature, naïve and/or inexperienced person.

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An inexperienced person; beginner; novice

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One who has only recently arrived.

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novitiat

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One who is on probation

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A new convert to a doctrine or religion.

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A beginner; a novice. [from 17th c.]

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veteran (antonym)

A person with long experience of a particular activity.

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professional (antonym)

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A person in the first year, term, etc. of some enterprise

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A person who has recently been, or is about to be, initiated

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A novice

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less-experienced (related)

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skier (related)

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canoeist (related)

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plebe

The definition of a plebe is a new freshman or cadet, especially at a military training academy.

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A person, esp. a young person, under the supervision of a teacher or tutor, as in school

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An attentive observer:

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scientest (related)

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inexperienced (related)

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swimmer (related)

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One that is learning

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Find another word for novice. In this page you can discover 38 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for novice, like: beginner, rookie, amateur, expert, neophyte, tenderfoot, trainee, apprentice, postulant, tiro and start.