NEWBIE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does newbie mean? 

• NEWBIE (noun)
  The noun NEWBIE has 1 sense:

1. any new participant in some activity

  Familiarity information: NEWBIE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NEWBIE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any new participant in some activity

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

entrant; fledgeling; fledgling; freshman; neophyte; newbie; newcomer; starter

Hypernyms ("newbie" is a kind of...):

beginner; initiate; novice; tiro; tyro (someone new to a field or activity)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "newbie"):

enlistee; recruit (any new member or supporter (as in the armed forces))