greenhorns
Fresh, untested recruits
Greenhorns are inexperienced people, newcomers to a field or activity who lack practical knowledge.
The term originally applied to young cattle with immature horns, then extended to raw recruits and novices of any kind: The old hands hazed the greenhorns mercilessly.
The singular greenhorn works the same way.
The word has an old-fashioned, slightly playful flavor.
One who lacks experience
- noviceInexperienced newcomer to field
- rookieInexperienced newcomer
- newbieInexperienced person, informally
- neophyteInexperienced beginner
tyro · fledgling · apprentice · trainee · tenderfoot · recruit · amateur · learner
New member sought
- cadetMilitary academy student
- drafteeOne conscripted for service
- enlisteeVoluntary military joiner
- bootHigh shoe or startup
private · trainee · conscript · raw recruit · plebe · swab · jarhead · grunt
Moving herd to market
- cowpokeInformal term for herder
- rancherOne who raises livestock
- wranglerLivestock handler on ranches
- trail handCowboy on cattle drive
frontier · settler · pioneer · homesteader · prospector · tenderfoot · dude · pilgrim
beginner
One who lacks experience
- noviceInexperienced newcomer to field
- rookieInexperienced newcomer
- newbieInexperienced person, informally
neophyte · tyro · fledgling · apprentice · trainee · tenderfoot · recruit · amateur · learner · initiate
recruit
New member sought
boot · private · trainee · conscript · raw recruit · plebe · swab · jarhead · grunt · basic training
cattle drive
Moving herd to market
trail hand · frontier · settler · pioneer · homesteader · prospector · tenderfoot · dude · pilgrim · sodbuster
- newcomersnewcomers, newcomer, new arrivals, new arrival, newbie
- non-expertsamateurs, beginners, novices, laypeople, non-experts
- easy targetssuckers, dupes, marks, patsies, rubes
- nonexpertslaymen, laypeople, laypersons, laywomen, laity
- upstartsnewcomers, rookies, novices, newbies, challengers
greenhornssophisticates
Worldly, cultured individuals
worldly-wise · men of the world · women of the world · cosmopolitans · old souls