neophytes
Freshly minted beginners
Neophytes are beginners or newcomers to a field, activity, or belief system.
The word carries a slightly formal or literary tone: The hiking group welcomed neophytes and veterans alike.
Originally referring to newly converted Christians or newly ordained priests, neophyte now applies to anyone new to something: a neophyte in the world of finance.
Those newly learning
- traineesPeople being instructed
- apprenticesNovices learning a craft
- rookiesInexperienced beginners in profession
- greenhornsInexperienced beginners
newcomers · novices · learners · interns · juniors · freshmen · recruits · probationers
Inexperienced newcomers
- convertsThose who switched faiths
- initiatesStarts or new members
- postulantsApplicants to religious orders
- probationersThose serving trial periods
acolytes · devotees · seekers · candidates · aspirants · newcomers · disciples · entrants
Nonprofessional participants
- dilettantesSuperficial pursuers of arts
- dabblersThose who engage superficially
- hobbyistsRecreational pursuit enthusiasts
- laypeopleThose outside a profession
uninitiated · outsiders · nonexperts · generalists · learners · students · pupils · beginners
Newly germinated plants
- sproutsNew growth from seeds
- shootsFires or photographs
- plantletsYoung vegetative propagules
- saplingsJuvenile trees
cuttings · transplants · germinations · offshoots · propagations · starts · slips · runners
beginners
Those newly learning
- traineesPeople being instructed
- apprenticesNovices learning a craft
- rookiesInexperienced beginners in profession
greenhorns · newcomers · novices · learners · interns · juniors · freshmen · recruits · probationers · hires
novices
Inexperienced newcomers
- convertsThose who switched faiths
- initiatesStarts or new members
- postulantsApplicants to religious orders
probationers · acolytes · devotees · seekers · candidates · aspirants · newcomers · disciples · entrants · oblates
amateurs
Nonprofessional participants
- dilettantesSuperficial pursuers of arts
- dabblersThose who engage superficially
- hobbyistsRecreational pursuit enthusiasts
laypeople · uninitiated · outsiders · nonexperts · generalists · learners · students · pupils · beginners · freshmen
seedlings
Newly germinated plants
saplings · cuttings · transplants · germinations · offshoots · propagations · starts · slips · runners · suckers
- non-expertsamateurs, beginners, novices, laypeople, non-experts
- nonexpertslaymen, laypeople, laypersons, laywomen, laity
- Black GreeksAlpha Kappa Alpha, AKA, DST, step show, stepping
- mystery cultsmystery cults, mystery cult, mysteries, initiates, initiation
- RosicrucianismRosicrucian, fraternity, brotherhood, manifestos, manifesto
- Central Coast historySpanish missions, El Camino Real, ranchos, vaqueros, secularization