Synonyms for tenderfoot
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Noun
1. Rookie — an inexperienced person; a novice
rookie, recruit, initiate, apprentice, colt, beginner, trainee, novice, newcomer, learner, fledgling, entrant, neophyte, tyro, novitiate, greenhorn US, probationer, abecedarian, probationist, alphabetarian, cheechako, catechumen
Definitions
- n. 1
An inexperienced person; a novice.
Forms
- Plural
- tenderfoots → rookies, recruits, initiates, apprentices…
Example sentences
- rookie The rookie breathed new life into the team.
- recruit Jim was trying to recruit young Belgians for ISIS.
- initiate The prime minister can initiate a vote of confidence.
- apprentice Atuqtuaq is an apprentice at soapstone carving.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| tenderfoot | rising | |
| rookie | rising | |
| recruit | steady | |
| initiate | steady | |
| apprentice | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- colt1, tyro
- 6 letters
- rookie2, novice2
- 7 letters
- recruit2, trainee2, learner2, entrant2
- 8 letters
- initiate4, beginner3, newcomer3, neophyte3
- 9 letters
- fledgling2, novitiate, greenhorn, cheechako
- 10 letters
- apprentice3, catechumen
- 11 letters
- probationer4, abecedarian
- 12 letters
- probationist
- 13 letters
- alphabetarian
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (rookie2 = 2 syllables).