Synonyms for greenhorn
All synonyms
Noun
1. Tyro — an inexperienced person; a novice, beginner, or newcomer
tyro, novice, rookie, neophyte, newcomer, amateur, beginner, apprentice, trainee, ignoramus, fledgling, learner, green hand, probationer, recruit, novitiate, initiate, tenderfoot, abecedarian, probationist, alphabetarian, cheechako
Definitions
- n. 1
An inexperienced person; a novice, beginner, or newcomer.
Forms
- Plural
- greenhorns → tyros, novices, rookies, neophytes…
Example sentences
- rookie The rookie breathed new life into the team.
- novice I'm a novice at programming, but I learn quickly.
- tyro Tyro was married to Cretheus but loved Enipeus.
- cub The lion cub is the son of the lion and lioness.
By length
- 3 letters
- cub1
- 4 letters
- gull1, dupe1, tyro
- 6 letters
- rookie2, sucker2, novice2
- 7 letters
- amateur3, recruit2, trainee2, learner2, gudgeon2
- 8 letters
- initiate4, beginner3, newcomer3, neophyte3
- 9 letters
- fledgling2, ignoramus4, novitiate, cheechako
- 10 letters
- apprentice3, tenderfoot
- 11 letters
- probationer4, abecedarian
- 12 letters
- probationist
- 13 letters
- alphabetarian
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (rookie2 = 2 syllables).