beginner
noun/bɪˈɡɪnə/UK/bəˈɡɪnɚ/US
Etymology
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”).
- inherited from begynner
Definitions
Someone who is just starting at something, or has only recently started.
- I'm new to learning Finnish: I'm just a beginner.
Someone who sets something in motion.
- The beginner of the games lit the ceremonial torch.
An actor who is present on stage in the first moments of a play.
- On the stage, the beginners for the first piece had taken their places — the chorus were there, scared but determined, and in the wings waited Harlequin, in the person of Charles Lyall […]
The neighborhood
- synonymamateurrecent starter
- synonymnewbierecent starter
- synonymabecedarian
- synonymalphabetarian
- synonymapprentice
- synonymbeginner
- synonymbun
- synonymcolt
- synonymfirst-timer
- synonymfledgling
- synonymFNG
- synonymfresh meat
- antonymcampaigner
- antonymcognoscente
- antonymconnoisseur
- antonymexpert
- antonymjourneyman
- antonymknowbie
- antonymmaster
- antonymmaven
- antonymold hand
- antonymold sweat
- antonymoldbie
- antonymoldtimer
- neighbornew
- neighbornaive
- neighborinexperienced
- neighborunskilled person
- neighborperson
- neighborbaby gay
- neighborbaby queer
- neighborbaby trans
- neighborcatechumen
- neighborcheechako
- neighbordebutante
- neighborfanling
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for beginner. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA