learner
One acquiring skills
A learner is someone who is learning—acquiring knowledge or skill through study, practice, or experience.
The word often appears in educational contexts: a slow learner, language learners, learner's permit.
A learner's permit allows someone to practice driving before obtaining a full license.
One who lacks experience
- neophyteInexperienced beginner
- rookieInexperienced newcomer
- newbieInexperienced person, informally
- fledglingInexperienced newcomer
trainee · initiate · starter · greenhorn · tyro · amateur · recruit · freshman
Learner or eye opening
- scholarshipEducational funding or erudition
- tuitionPayment for instruction
- courseworkStudent academic tasks
- syllabusCourse plan document
textbook · homework · examination · undergraduate · semester · lecture · classroom · thesis
Trusted wisdom-giving advisor
- craftsmanSkilled manual worker
- journeymanQualified trade worker
- masterAuthority or controller
- guildProfessional mutual-aid society
workshop · artisan · trade · vocation · hands-on · tutelage · protégé · internship
Progress toward maturity
- progressMovement toward improvement
- improvementPositive change in quality
- maturationProcess of becoming complete
- proficiencySkilled performance level
mastery · competence · capability · understanding · knowledge · skills · advancement · enrichment
Educated without instructors
- independentFree from external control
- self-directedManaging oneself without supervision
- curiosityDesire to learn
- explorationTraveling through unknown regions
discovery · resourceful · tutorials · books · motivation · discipline · self-paced · research
beginner
One who lacks experience
fledgling · trainee · initiate · starter · greenhorn · tyro · amateur · recruit · freshman · entrant
pupil
Learner or eye opening
- scholarshipEducational funding or erudition
- tuitionPayment for instruction
- courseworkStudent academic tasks
syllabus · textbook · homework · examination · undergraduate · semester · lecture · classroom · thesis · campus
mentor
Trusted wisdom-giving advisor
- craftsmanSkilled manual worker
- journeymanQualified trade worker
- masterAuthority or controller
guild · workshop · artisan · trade · vocation · hands-on · tutelage · protégé · internship · practice
development
Progress toward maturity
- progressMovement toward improvement
- improvementPositive change in quality
- maturationProcess of becoming complete
proficiency · mastery · competence · capability · understanding · knowledge · skills · advancement · enrichment · insight
self-taught
Educated without instructors
- independentFree from external control
- self-directedManaging oneself without supervision
- curiosityDesire to learn
exploration · discovery · resourceful · tutorials · books · motivation · discipline · self-paced · research · trial-and-error
- studentsstudent, freshman, university students, sophomore, pupil
- amateursamateur, hobbyist, nonprofessional, dabbler, novice
- beginnersbeginner, novice, rookie, newbie, newcomer
- novicesnovice, beginner, rookie, newbie, greenhorn
- skill levelsbeginner, novice, intermediate, expert, advanced
- Disciplesdisciple, apostle, Andrew, Bartholomew, James
learnerteacher
One who instructs others
instructor · tutor · coach · mentor · educator
learnerknow-it-all
Self-proclaimed authority on everything
ignoramus · anti-intellectual · incurious · stagnant · complacent
- to learnGain knowledge or skill
- live and learnAccepting lessons from mistakes
- learn the hard wayGain wisdom through suffering
- learning curveRate of skill acquisition
- learn the ropesAcquire essential working knowledge
- learning the hard wayGaining knowledge through suffering consequences
learn, learning, learned, unlearned, learnt, learners, unlearn, relearn, learnable