freshman

UK /ˈfɹɛʃmən/ US /ˈfɹɛʃmən/

noun 2

Definitions

noun

a person (of either sex) entering the first year of an institution, especially a high school (ninth grade for US, grade 9 for Canada, grade 7 for Philippines), a university, or legislative body

At the time I was a wide-eyed freshman, but I was soon to grow jaded and cynical.

When he was but yet a freshman in Cambridge.

a novice; one in the rudiments of knowledge

I am but a Freshman yet in France, therefore I can send you no News but that all is here quiet, and 'tis no ordinary News that the French should be quiet.

Collocations

ADJ.

high

VERB + FRESHMAN

aren't, got, held, wide-eyed

FRESHMAN + NOUN

cambridge, harvard, school, soccer, sot, year

PREP.

in, in, on

ADV.

currently, only

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — a first-year undergraduate

fresher

noun — any new participant in some activity

adjective — used of a person in the first year of an experience (especia

first-year

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

At the time I was a wide-eyed freshman, but I was soon to grow jaded and cynical.

Wiktionary

When he was but yet a freshman in Cambridge.

Wiktionary

Sir Alexander: Then he's a graduate. Sir Davy: Say they trust him not? Sir Alexander: Then is he held a freshman and a sot,¶ And never shall commence, but being still barr'd¶ Be expuls'd from the mast

Wiktionary

Felix constantly worries that he isn't amounting to anything, even though he's only a freshman in high school.

Tatoeba · #754844

My brother is a freshman.

Tatoeba · #1413223

He's a freshman.

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, freshman is marked as obsolete, US. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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