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Synonyms for newcomer

Most common

neophyte entrant stranger tyro

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    One who has recently come to a community; a recent arrival.

Related words

Is a kind of
foreigner

Forms

Plural
newcomers → neophytes, entrants, strangers, greenhorns…

Example sentences

  • stranger The girl that came yesterday was a stranger to me.
  • entrant Each entrant was given a detailed course description manual and map.
  • tyro Tyro was married to Cretheus but loved Enipeus.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
newcomersteady
strangerrising
entrantsteady
neophytesteady
tyrofalling
incomerrising

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

By length

4 letters
noob, tyro
6 letters
novice2
7 letters
starter2, recruit2, trainee2, learner2, entrant2, incomer, newling
8 letters
stranger2, freshman2, beginner3, neophyte3, offcomer, comeling
9 letters
fledgling2, greenhorn, novitiate
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 (novice2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
nouveau venu
Català
nouvingut