beginner

Meaning

1. Someone who is just starting at something, or has only recently started.
2. Someone who sets something in motion.
3. An actor who is present on stage in the first moments of a play.

Synonyms

novice

tyro

amateur

starter

neophyte

inexperienced person

newbie

newcomer

apprentice

initiate

tiro

founder

learner

rookie

young person

founding father

freshman

greenhorn

originator

father

👨‍👦

pioneer

recruit

abecedary

root

sucker

tenderfoot

abecedarian

debutant

first cause

aggressor

beginning student

green hand

freshy

inexperienced

instigator

initiator

junior

one who undertakes

new

🆕

foundress

fledgling

origin

punk

Translations

Anfänger

principiante

débutant

Neuling

beginner

beginneling

🔰

novato

apprenti

novice

🔰

iniciador

Pronounced as (IPA)

/bɪˈɡɪnə/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: begynner

Cognate with Western Frisian: begjinner

Cognate with Dutch: beginner

Cognate with Low German: begünner

Cognate with Danish: nybegynder

In summary

From Middle English begynner, equivalent to begin + -er. Cognate with West Frisian begjinner (“beginner”), Dutch beginner (“beginner”), Low German begünner (“beginner”), Danish nybegynder (“beginner, novice”, literally “new-beginner”).