This website uses cookies to ensure you get the best experience. Learn more

Another word for novice

Noun

  1. One who is just starting to learn or do something

    2. See also:

    start

  2. An entrant who has not yet taken the final vows of a religious order

    3. See also:

    religion

© 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 novice

Noun
    2. See also:

    amateur

    beginner

    amateur

© 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.

Sentence Examples

  • In 1726 he entered the Congregation of Missions as a novice, and became a priest in 1726.

  • Over a period of a week, the tactics had gone from infantile to novice to advanced, as if someone were learning the intricacies of battle planning.

  • He was able to ski from the summit, but only on those slopes and trails designated blue or green, novice or intermediate.

  • Various plans were tried in America to improve on the " Novice " machine, and Mr T.

  • The course of training to which a novice had to submit was protracted, extending sometimes over twenty years.

More sentences →

Words that mention novice in the Dictionary

Words near novice in the Thesaurus