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Definition of Beginner
1. Noun. Someone new to a field or activity.
Generic synonyms: Unskilled Person
Specialized synonyms: Abecedarian, Apprentice, Learner, Prentice, Cub, Greenhorn, Rookie, Landlubber, Landsman, Lubber, Entrant, Fledgeling, Fledgling, Freshman, Neophyte, Newbie, Newcomer, Starter, Tenderfoot, Trainee
Derivative terms: Begin, Initiate
2. Noun. A person who founds or establishes some institution. "George Washington is the father of his country"
Specialized synonyms: Cofounder, Coloniser, Colonizer, Foundress
Generic synonyms: Conceiver, Mastermind, Originator
Derivative terms: Begin, Found, Found
Definition of Beginner
1. n. One who begins or originates anything. Specifically: A young or inexperienced practitioner or student; a tyro.
Definition of Beginner
1. Noun. Someone who is just starting at something, or has only recently started. ¹
2. Noun. Someone who sets (or puts) something in motion ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Beginner
1. one that begins [n -S] - See also: begins
Lexicographical Neighbors of Beginner
Literary usage of Beginner
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Plant World by Plant World Association, Wild Flower Preservation Society (U.S.), Wild Flower Preservation Society of America (1900)
"NOTES FOR THE beginner IN THE STUDY OF MOSSES. By FH KNOWLTON. ... The beginner
had best use only fresh specimens, yet dried material can be prepared by ..."
2. Letters & Lettering: A Treatise with 200 Examples by Frank Chouteau BROWN (1921)
"... CHAPTER V TO THE beginner The beginner in any art or craft is likely to have
an undue respect for the mere instruments of his trade. ..."
3. The Diplomatic Relations of England with the Quadruple Alliance, 1815-1830 by Louis Calvert, Myrna M. Boyce, Paul Padgette (1918)
"CHAPTER IX " FUTURES " AND THE PARADOX OF THE AMATEUR Brilliant Promise of the
beginner Often Unfulfilled— Lawrence Irving's Grotesque Early Work—Henry ..."
4. Elegant Extracts: Or Useful and Entertaining Passages in Prose by Vicesimus Knox (1824)
"If I might advise a beginner in this elegant pursuit, it should be, as far as
possible, ... For though an uninformed beginner may, in a single instance, ..."
5. The Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors by Charles Wells Moulton (1904)
"His acter, his dress designed to attract atten- language is that of an unliterary
beginner, tion, and his opinions cut after the pattern either high-flown ..."
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