novice
noun
[ ˈnɒvɪs ]
• a person new to and inexperienced in a job or situation.
• "he was a complete novice in foreign affairs"
Similar:
beginner,
learner,
inexperienced person,
neophyte,
newcomer,
new member,
new recruit,
raw recruit,
new boy/girl,
initiate,
tyro,
fledgling,
apprentice,
trainee,
probationer,
student,
pupil,
mentee,
tenderfoot,
rookie,
new kid,
newie,
newbie,
greenhorn,
punk,
• a person who has entered a religious order and is under probation, before taking vows.
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French, from late Latin novicius, from novus ‘new’.
