fledglings
Birds learning flight
Fledglings are young birds that have developed enough feathers to leave the nest but are still learning to fly and fend for themselves.
The term extends to any inexperienced person or thing just starting out: The company hired several fledglings fresh out of college.
A fledgling business or fledgling democracy is one in its early stages of development, not yet fully established or proven.
Unfledged young birds
- chicksNewly hatched birds
- hatchlingsRecently emerged young animals
- juvenilesUnderage individuals
- broodHatchlings as a group
young birds · downy · feathers · first flight · nest · plumage · songbirds · robins
Inexperienced newcomers
- newcomersThose recently arrived
- apprenticesNovices learning a craft
- rookiesInexperienced beginners in profession
- traineesPeople being instructed
neophytes · greenhorns · freshmen · initiates · learners · amateurs · students · interns
Controlled-environment growth chambers
- seed fundingInitial startup capital infusion
- foundersThose who begin institutions
- entrepreneursThose who launch ventures
- acceleratorsThings that speed up
early-stage · pivot · launch · bootstrapping · angel investors · prototypes · pitch deck · unicorns
nestlings
Unfledged young birds
- chicksNewly hatched birds
- hatchlingsRecently emerged young animals
- juvenilesUnderage individuals
young birds · brood · downy · feathers · first flight · nest · plumage · songbirds · robins · sparrows
novices
Inexperienced newcomers
- newcomersThose recently arrived
- apprenticesNovices learning a craft
- rookiesInexperienced beginners in profession
trainees · neophytes · greenhorns · freshmen · initiates · learners · amateurs · students · interns · probationers
incubators
Controlled-environment growth chambers
- seed fundingInitial startup capital infusion
- foundersThose who begin institutions
- entrepreneursThose who launch ventures
accelerators · early-stage · pivot · launch · bootstrapping · angel investors · prototypes · pitch deck · unicorns · venture capital
- bird ecologybird habitats, bird migration, nesting, breeding, bird conservation
- baby animalspuppy, kitten, chick, chicks, duckling
- newcomersnewcomers, newcomer, new arrivals, new arrival, newbie
- hatchingegg, embryo, incubator, chick, hatchlings
- nonexpertslaymen, laypeople, laypersons, laywomen, laity
- bird neststwigs, nest, sticks, aerie, grass
fledglingsexperts
Highly skilled practitioners
veterans · masters · old hands · adepts · authorities
fledglingsveterans
Former armed forces members
old-timers · incumbents · stalwarts · lifers · founding members