neophyte

The word “neophyte” has 2 syllables: neo-phyte

It's pronounced as /ˈniːəfaɪt/


What is synonym and antonym for neophyte?

In the thesaurus, “neophyte” has 35 synonyms and 8 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for neophyte along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for neophyte

  • abecedarian
  • amateur
  • apprentice
  • babe
  • beginner
  • boot
  • candidate
  • catechumen
  • colt
  • convert
  • cub
  • dabbler
  • dilettante
  • entrant
  • fledgling
  • freshman
  • greenhorn
  • learner
  • new kid on the block
  • newbie
  • newcomer
  • novice
  • novitiate
  • probationer
  • proselyte
  • punk
  • recruit
  • regenerate
  • rook
  • rookie
  • student
  • tenderfoot
  • trainee
  • tyro
  • virgin

Antonyms for neophyte

Meanings of neophyte

  • noun
    1. A beginner; a person who is new to a subject, skill, or belief.
    2. A novice (recent convert); a new convert or proselyte; a new monk.
    3. A name given by the early Christians, and still given by the Roman Catholics, to those who have recently embraced the Christian faith, and been admitted to baptism, especially those converts from heathenism or Judaism.
    4. A plant species recently introduced to an area (in contrast to archaeophyte, a long-established introduced species).

Example Sentences

  • As a neophyte in the gardening community, she was eager to learn from the more experienced members.
  • The neophyte actor struggled with his lines but was determined to improve with practice.
  • Many neophytes attend workshops to gain confidence and skills in their new hobbies.
  • The organization welcomed neophytes with open arms, providing mentorship and guidance.
  • Being a neophyte in the world of coding, he found online tutorials to be extremely helpful.

On this page you'll find 43 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to neophyte, such as: abecedarian, amateur, apprentice, babe, beginner, boot, candidate.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

abecedarian

  • amateur
  • apprentice
  • babe
  • basal
  • basic
  • beginner
  • beginning
  • boot
  • candidate
  • colt
  • crucial
  • crude
  • cub
  • dabbler
  • dilettante
  • elemental
  • elementary
  • entrant
  • essential
  • fledgling
  • freshman
  • fundamental
  • greenhorn
  • important
  • introductory
  • key
  • learner
  • meat-and-potatoes
  • neophyte
  • newbie
  • newcomer
  • novice
  • novitiate
  • preliminary
  • preparatory
  • primal
  • primary
  • prime
  • primeval
  • primitive
  • primordial
  • probationer
  • punk
  • recruit
  • rook
  • rookie
  • rude
  • rudimental
  • rudimentary
  • simple
  • student
  • tenderfoot
  • trainee
  • tyro
  • uncomplicated
  • underlying
  • virgin

babe

  • abecedarian
  • amateur
  • apprentice
  • baby
  • bairn
  • bambino
  • bantling
  • bathing beauty
  • beauty
  • beauty queen
  • beefcake
  • beginner
  • belle
  • boot
  • boy
  • candidate
  • charmer
  • cherub
  • child
  • colt
  • cookie
  • cooky
  • coquette
  • cover girl
  • cub
  • cutey
  • cutie
  • cutie-pie
  • dabbler
  • dilettante
  • dish
  • doll
  • dollface
  • dolly bird
  • dreamboat
  • enchantress
  • entrant
  • eyeful
  • femme fatale
  • fledgling
  • foundling
  • fox
  • freshman
  • girl
  • glamor girl
  • glamour-puss
  • goddess
  • good-looking woman
  • greenhorn
  • honey
  • hottie
  • houri
  • hoyden
  • hunk
  • imp
  • infant
  • juvenile
  • kid
  • kiddie
  • kiddo
  • kiddy
  • knockout
  • learner
  • little one
  • looker
  • lovely
  • minor
  • moppet
  • neonate
  • neophyte
  • newbie
  • newborn
  • newcomer
  • nipper
  • novice
  • novitiate
  • nursling
  • peach
  • pin-up
  • pinup girl
  • preemie
  • premie
  • pretty
  • probationer
  • punk
  • queen
  • recruit
  • rook
  • rookie
  • showstopper
  • siren
  • squirt
  • stud
  • student
  • stunner
  • suckling
  • superstud
  • tad
  • temptress
  • ten
  • tenderfoot
  • tike
  • toddler
  • tomato
  • tomboy
  • tot
  • trainee
  • tyke
  • tyro
  • urchin
  • vamp
  • virgin
  • whippersnapper
  • youngling
  • youngster
  • youth

hack

  • KO
  • abide
  • absorb
  • accept
  • acquiesce
  • address
  • allow
  • amateur
  • arid
  • banal
  • bang
  • barren
  • bash
  • bastinade
  • bastinado
  • bat
  • battering
  • bear
  • beat
  • beating
  • beginner
  • belt
  • bide
  • biff
  • blow
  • bludgeoning
  • body blow
  • bop
  • boring
  • box
  • bring off
  • bromidic
  • brook
  • buffet
  • bust
  • cab
  • canned
  • capitulate
  • cardboard
  • carriage
  • carry off
  • carry out
  • chip
  • chop
  • clap
  • cliche
  • clip
  • clobbering
  • clout
  • coach
  • cobwebby
  • colorless
  • come to grips with
  • command
  • commonplace
  • control
  • conventional
  • cookie-cutter
  • countenance
  • counter
  • counterblow
  • counterpunch
  • counterstroke
  • crack
  • cruncher
  • cudgeling
  • cudgelling
  • cuff
  • dab
  • derivative
  • direct
  • douse
  • drab
  • dreary
  • drubbing
  • drudge
  • drudging
  • dry
  • dull
  • dusty
  • endure
  • engineer
  • fell
  • field
  • fillip
  • finesse
  • flat
  • flogging
  • freshman
  • gash
  • get off
  • gharry
  • go
  • greasy grind
  • greenhorn
  • grind
  • groove
  • guide
  • gypsy cab
  • hacker
  • hackle
  • hackney
  • hackneyed
  • hammering
  • hand
  • handle
  • have a grip on
  • haymaker
  • heavy
  • hew
  • hireling
  • hit
  • ho-hum
  • hook
  • humdrum
  • imitative
  • indent
  • indentation
  • indenture
  • inexpert
  • jackleg
  • jading
  • jejune
  • jitney
  • jockey
  • joggle
  • kayo
  • kerf
  • kick
  • kid
  • knee
  • knock
  • knockdown
  • knockout
  • lacerate
  • lackey
  • lambasting
  • larrup
  • lash
  • leaden
  • learner
  • left
  • lick
  • licking
  • limousine
  • live with
  • manage
  • maneuver
  • mangle
  • manipulate
  • meet
  • micromanage
  • mind-numbing
  • monotonous
  • moth-eaten
  • musty
  • mutilate
  • negotiate
  • neophyte
  • newcomer
  • nick
  • nock
  • normal
  • notch
  • novice
  • numbing
  • obligatory
  • old
  • old hat
  • old pro
  • old-fashioned
  • one-two
  • ordinary
  • pasting
  • pedantic
  • pedestrian
  • pelt
  • permit
  • pick
  • platitudinal
  • platitudinous
  • play
  • plodder
  • plump
  • pocket
  • poke
  • ponderous
  • pound
  • pounding
  • pro
  • prosaic
  • pull
  • pummeling
  • pummelling
  • punch
  • rabbit punch
  • rap
  • ready-made
  • regulate
  • respect
  • ricksha
  • rickshaw
  • right
  • right-hander
  • rookie
  • rote
  • roundhouse
  • routine
  • run
  • score
  • shiver
  • shopworn
  • sidewinder
  • slam
  • slap
  • slash
  • slit
  • slot
  • slug
  • smack
  • smash
  • snip
  • sock
  • spank
  • stale
  • stand
  • stand for
  • standard
  • steer
  • stereotyped
  • stick out
  • stinger
  • stock
  • stodgy
  • stomach
  • stripe
  • stroke
  • stuffy
  • sucker punch
  • suffer
  • support
  • sustain
  • swallow
  • swat
  • sweat out
  • swing
  • swipe
  • switch
  • take
  • tame
  • taxi
  • taxicab
  • tedious
  • tenderfoot
  • thrashing
  • threadbare
  • thud
  • thump
  • thwack
  • timeworn
  • tired
  • tiresome
  • tiring
  • tolerate
  • tough it out
  • treat
  • tried-and-true
  • trifler
  • trite
  • twice-told
  • typical
  • tyro
  • undercut
  • undramatic
  • unimaginative
  • uninspired
  • uninteresting
  • unoriginal
  • uppercut
  • usual
  • vapid
  • vehicle
  • wallop
  • walloping
  • water taxi
  • wear
  • wearisome
  • weary
  • wearying
  • well-worn
  • welt
  • whack
  • wham
  • whap
  • whip
  • whipping
  • whop
  • workhorse

hacker

  • amateur
  • application programmer
  • beginner
  • computer architect
  • computer designer
  • computer jock
  • computerist
  • cracker
  • cyberpunk
  • freshman
  • gearhead
  • geek
  • greenhorn
  • hack
  • inexpert
  • jackleg
  • key puncher
  • kid
  • learner
  • neophyte
  • newcomer
  • novice
  • operator
  • phisher
  • programmer
  • rookie
  • systems analyst
  • systems engineer
  • systems programmer
  • systems software specialist
  • techie
  • technician
  • technocrat
  • technophile
  • tenderfoot
  • trifler
  • tyro

jackleg

  • Sunday
  • amateur
  • amateurish
  • avocational
  • awkward
  • backyard
  • bad
  • beginner
  • beginning
  • bent
  • clumsy
  • contaminated
  • corrupt
  • crooked
  • crude
  • curbstone
  • cutthroat
  • debased
  • debauched
  • decadent
  • defective
  • degenerate
  • degraded
  • demoralized
  • depraved
  • dilettante
  • dilettantish
  • dishonest
  • dissipated
  • dissolute
  • entry-level
  • evil
  • faulty
  • flawed
  • fresh
  • freshman
  • green
  • greenhorn
  • hack
  • hacker
  • ham-fisted
  • ham-handed
  • heavy-handed
  • immoral
  • incapable
  • incompetent
  • inexperienced
  • inexpert
  • iniquitous
  • kid
  • learner
  • libertine
  • loose
  • miscreant
  • naive
  • nefarious
  • neophyte
  • new
  • newcomer
  • nonprofessional
  • novice
  • part-time
  • perverse
  • perverted
  • primitive
  • rakehell
  • rakehelly
  • rakish
  • raw
  • reprobate
  • rookie
  • self-taught
  • sick
  • sinful
  • spoiled
  • tainted
  • talentless
  • tenderfoot
  • trifler
  • tyro
  • unable
  • unclean
  • unethical
  • unfinished
  • unfit
  • ungifted
  • uninitiated
  • unpolished
  • unprepared
  • unprincipled
  • unprofessional
  • unqualified
  • unschooled
  • unscrupulous
  • unseasoned
  • unskilled
  • unskillful
  • untalented
  • untaught
  • untested
  • untrained
  • untried
  • untutored
  • unwholesome
  • vicious
  • warped
  • weekend
  • wicked
  • would-be

Browse the Thesaurus