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Definitions for Novice

[1] a person who is new to the circumstances, work, etc., in which he or she is placed; beginner; tyro: a novice in politics.
[2] a person who has been received into a religious order or congregation for a period of probation before taking vows.
[3] a person newly become a church member.
[4] a recent convert to Christianity.
[5] a person who is new to or inexperienced in a certain task, situation, etc; beginner; tyro (as modifier ) novice driver
[6] a probationer in a religious order
[7] a sportsman, esp an oarsman, who has not won a recognized prize, performed to an established level, etc
[8] a racehorse, esp a steeplechaser or hurdler, that has not won a specified number of races

Words related to Novice

beginner, learner, neophyte, newcomer, pupil, trainee, gremlin, convert, tenderfoot, proselyte, punk, colt, novitiate, recruit, mark, cub, student, rookie, amateur, fledgling

Words nearby Novice

novercal, novgorod, novi, novi sad, novia, novice, novillero, novio, novitiate, novo hamburgo, novobiocin

Origin of Novice

1300–50; Middle English novyce < Middle French novice < Medieval Latin novītius convent novice, variant of Latin novīcius newly come into a particular status, derivative of novus new. See -itious

Other words from Novice

nov·ice·hood , noun
nov·ice·like , adjective

Word origin for Novice

C14: via Old French from Latin novīcius, from novus new

Synonyms for Novice

beginner, learner, neophyte, newcomer, pupil, trainee, amateur, apprentice, colt, convert, cub, fledgling, greenhorn, gremlin, mark, novitiate, plebe, postulant, prentice, probationer, proselyte, punk, recruit, rookie, starter, student, tenderfoot, first of May, know from nothing, new kid on the block