freshmen
First-year college students
Freshmen is the plural of freshman, designating students in their first year of high school or college.
The term combines fresh (new) with men, though it applies to students of any gender.
Some institutions now prefer first-year students to avoid the gendered suffix.
The freshmen orientation runs all week.
She remembers how lost she felt as one of hundreds of freshmen on campus.
One who lacks experience
- rookieInexperienced newcomer
- newbieInexperienced person, informally
- greenhornInexperienced, gullible newcomer
- fledglingInexperienced newcomer
first-year · newcomer · inexperienced · learning curve · adjustment · wide-eyed · naive · eager
Position relative to surroundings
- dormitoryStudent living building
- syllabusCourse plan document
- undergraduateDegree-seeking college student
- tuitionPayment for instruction
semester · campus · lecture · major · textbook · enrollment · professor · classmate
Abusive initiation practices
- pledgingMaking a solemn promise
- orientationPosition relative to surroundings
- welcomeHospitable greeting offered
- matriculationFormal university admission process
ceremony · rite · induction · rush · fraternity · sorority · traditions · hell week
People aged thirteen to nineteen
- adolescentsYouth approaching maturity
- youngstersPeople not yet adult
- young adultsPeople roughly 18-30
- high school graduatesThose who finished secondary school
coming of age · independence · homesickness · growth · maturing · leaving home
beginner
One who lacks experience
- rookieInexperienced newcomer
- newbieInexperienced person, informally
- greenhornInexperienced, gullible newcomer
fledgling · first-year · newcomer · inexperienced · learning curve · adjustment · wide-eyed · naive · eager · unseasoned
orientation
Position relative to surroundings
- dormitoryStudent living building
- syllabusCourse plan document
- undergraduateDegree-seeking college student
tuition · semester · campus · lecture · major · textbook · enrollment · professor · classmate · university
hazing
Abusive initiation practices
- pledgingMaking a solemn promise
- orientationPosition relative to surroundings
- welcomeHospitable greeting offered
matriculation · ceremony · rite · induction · rush · fraternity · sorority · traditions · hell week
teenagers
People aged thirteen to nineteen
- adolescentsYouth approaching maturity
- youngstersPeople not yet adult
- young adultsPeople roughly 18-30
high school graduates · coming of age · independence · homesickness · growth · maturing · leaving home
- collegecampus, courses, application, dorms, dorm room
- college termsuniversity, community college, fall semester, spring semester, liberal arts college
- yearbookssenior portraits, senior photos, senior quotes, class photos, yearbook editor
- student typesjocks, kindergartners, nerds, first graders, geeks
- young adultsyoung adults, twenty-somethings, twentysomethings, young people, young professionals
- campus populationsophomores, juniors, seniors, undergraduates, graduate students
freshmenseniors
Oldest in a group
graduating class · upperclassmen · twelfth graders · juniors · graduate students
freshmenveterans
Former armed forces members
experts · old hands · incumbents · old-timers · masters
- freshman yearInitial academic year enrolled
- college freshmen
- freshman classIncoming student cohort
- high school freshman
- freshman orientationIntroductory event for newcomers
- freshman fifteenWeight gained at college