Beginner \Be*gin"ner\, n.
One who begins or originates anything. Specifically: A young
or inexperienced practitioner or student; a tyro.
[1913 Webster]
A sermon of a new beginner. --Swift.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
beginner
n 1: someone new to a field or activity [syn: novice, tyro, tiro,
initiate]
2: a person who founds or establishes some institution; "George
Washington is the father of his country" [syn: founder,
founding father, father]
WordNet (r) 2.0
91 Moby Thesaurus words for "beginner":
abecedarian, agent, alphabetarian, ancestors, apprentice,
architect, articled clerk, artificer, artist, author, baby,
begetter, boot, builder, catalyst, catechumen, causer, colt,
conceiver, constructor, craftsman, creator, deb, debutant,
designer, deviser, discoverer, effector, engenderer, engineer,
entrant, executor, executrix, father, fledgling, founder, freshman,
generator, greenhorn, greeny, grower, ignoramus, inaugurator,
inductee, industrialist, infant, initiate, initiator, inspirer,
instigator, institutor, introducer, inventor, journeyman, learner,
maker, manufacturer, master, master craftsman, mother, mover,
neophyte, nestling, new boy, newcomer, novice, novitiate,
organizer, originator, parent, past master, planner, postulant,
precursor, prime mover, primum mobile, probationer, probationist,
producer, raiser, raw recruit, realizer, recruit, rookie, shaper,
sire, smith, tenderfoot, trainee, tyro, wright
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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