novice

Meaning

1. A beginner; one who is not very familiar or experienced in a particular subject.
2. A new member of a religious order accepted on a conditional basis, prior to confirmation.

Synonyms

beginner

🔰

amateur

tyro

neophyte

inexperienced person

initiate

greenhorn

apprentice

newbie

rookie

novitiate

tiro

young person

newcomer

learner

fresh

freshman

starter

nonprofessional

green hand

new

🆕

fledgeling

beginning

probationer

fledgling

raw recruit

abecedary

beginners

chela

dummy

first offender

griffin

junior

naive

no-good

plant

🌱

private

punk

recruit

stooge

sucker

tenderfoot

understudy

young

junior member

low-ranking employee

Buddhist novice

freshy

not skillful

abecedarian

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈnɒvɪs/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: novice

In summary

From Middle English novice, novys, from Anglo-Norman novice, Middle French novice, itself borrowed from Latin novīcius, later novitius (“new, newly arrived”) (in Late Latin as a noun, masculine novicius, feminine novicia (“one who has newly entered a monastery or a convent”)), from novus (“new”).