The Rookie
First year player
A rookie is someone new to a job, sport, or activity—inexperienced but often eager.
In professional sports, a rookie is a first-year player: The rookie led the league in scoring.
The term extends to any beginner: rookie cop, rookie mistake.
It carries connotations of rawness and potential, sometimes naivety.
The Rookie is also the title of an American television crime drama.
- newbieInexperienced person, informally
- beginnerOne who lacks experience
- noviceInexperienced newcomer to field
- wet behind the earsNaive and inexperienced
- traineeOne being instructed
greenhorn · fresh face · fresh · inexperienced · learning curve · Nathan Fillion · cop · LAPD · law enforcement · police · badge · patrol · beat cop · partner · academy · on the job · uniform · squad car
- TV showsTV shows, sitcom, The Office, cartoon, Modern Family
- Sports FilmsRocky, Rudy, Hoosiers, The Natural, Field of Dreams
- Eastwood FilmsDirty Harry, Unforgiven, Gran Torino, Million Dollar Baby, American Sniper
experience level in title/narrative
The RookieNCIS
Naval criminal investigation service
Law & Order · Columbo · Longmire · Bosch · The Wire