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Synonyms for apprentice

Most common

beginner learner protégé greenhorn

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    A trainee, especially in a skilled trade.

Related words

Word family
apprenticeship

Forms

Plural
apprentices → beginners, learners, protégés, greenhorns…

Example sentences

  • beginner Compared to you, I'm just a beginner at this game.
  • tyro Tyro was married to Cretheus but loved Enipeus.
  • greenhorn The greenhorn made a rookie mistake.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
apprenticefalling
beginnersteady
tyrofalling
greenhornrising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters
tyro
5 letters
pupil2
6 letters
novice2, mentee
7 letters
recruit2, learner2, trainee2
8 letters
beginner3, newcomer3, prentice2, neophyte3
9 letters
fledgling2, greenhorn, novitiate
10 letters
tenderfoot
11 letters
probationer4, abecedarian
12 letters
probationist
13 letters
alphabetarian

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (pupil2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
apprentis