newbie

Questions about newbie

What is another word for newbie?

It depends which newbie you mean. In the sense “any new participant in some activity”, the synonyms are newcomer, fledgling, fledgeling, starter, neophyte, freshman, entrant. Across all 1 sense there are 7 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of newbie?

WordNet records no antonym for newbie. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Where do the synonyms for newbie come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of newbie

• Full entry for newbieAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for newbieWords matching from the last stressed vowel onward, grouped by syllable count.
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