beginner

Other forms of beginner

plural

beginners·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about beginner

What does beginner mean?

beginner means "someone new to a field or activity". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in beginner?

beginner has 3 syllables: be-gin-ner. The stress falls on "gin". In IPA it is /bɪˈɡɪnɚ/.

What is another word for beginner?

Close synonyms include novice, tyro, tiro, initiate, founder. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is beginner a common word?

beginner is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.