newbie

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/ˈnjuːbi/

noun 3

Collocations

ADJ.

enthusiastic

The enthusiastic newbie made mistakes but learned quickly from her experienced teammates.

VERB + NEWBIE

get

I got newbie status in the gaming community after I joined last month.

NEWBIE + NOUN

chemistry, esperanto

My older brother is a newbie chemistry student who keeps asking me for help with his homework.

PREP.

I felt like a newbie in the office during my first week of work.

ADV.

also, only, probably

I'm only a newbie at coding, so I probably made some silly mistakes in my first project.

Definitions

noun

A newcomer, someone new to something.

He was a newbie to chemistry.

We’ve included some other acts you already know so you’ll get a feel for what the newbies sound like.

A new user or participant; someone who is extremely new and inexperienced (to a game or activity). A beginner.

Anything recently introduced into a setting, especially something that replaces an older version.

If you find that you would prefer using the new printer most of the time, while using the original only when needed, you can make the newbie the default printer for your system.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — any new participant in some activity

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

He was a newbie to chemistry.

Wiktionary

We’ve included some other acts you already know so you’ll get a feel for what the newbies sound like.

Wiktionary

If you’re starting off skinny, you can probably get newbie gains for several months.

Wiktionary

Oh my god, a newbie owned me!

Tatoeba · #603803

He's a newbie in Esperanto for sure.

Tatoeba · #1253923

I'm only a newbie.

Tatoeba · #4988421

Usage Notes

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In some senses, newbie is marked as slang. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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