Rookie

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Slang An untrained or inexperienced recruit, as in the army or police.
  • n. Slang An inexperienced person; a novice.
  • n. Sports A first-year player, especially in a professional sport.
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  • n. An inexperienced recruit, especially in the police or armed forces.
  • n. A novice.
  • n. An athlete either new to the sport or to a team or in his first year of professional competition, especially said of baseball, basketball, hockey and American football players.
  • n. A type of firecracker, used by farmers to scare rooks.
  • adj. non-professional; amateur
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A recruit.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. an awkward and inexperienced youth
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    novice    tiro    initiate    tyro    beginner   
    Cross Reference
    naive    rooky   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    newbie    noob    tyro    beginner   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Cookie    bookie    cookie    hooky   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    plainclothes    full-time    off-duty    longtime    junior   
     
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