probationer
Worker under observation
A probationer is someone serving a trial period.
In criminal justice, a probationer is an offender released under supervision instead of serving jail time: The probationer must report to her officer weekly.
In employment or education, a probationer is undergoing evaluation before permanent acceptance: As a probationer, she had six months to prove herself.
One who lacks experience
- rookieInexperienced newcomer
- neophyteInexperienced beginner
- apprenticeLearner bound to employer
- traineeOne being instructed
fledgling · greenhorn · initiate · recruit · tyro · cadet · intern · mentee
Conditional early release
- supervisionOverseeing people or processes
- offenderOne who breaks rules
- rehabilitationRecovery from injury/addiction
- conditionsPrevailing state of affairs
violation · officer · release · monitoring · court · sentence · compliance · reintegration
Religious order applicant
- novitiateReligious training period
- candidatePerson seeking selection
- monasteryReligious seclusion dwelling
- conventReligious sisters' dwelling
vows · order · discernment · formation · aspirant · cloister · nun · monk
Determining worth or quality
- assessmentFormal evaluation of worth
- testingExamining to evaluate
- reviewCritical written assessment
- provisionalConditional and possibly temporary
conditional · temporary · observation · performance · appraisal · scrutiny · criteria · standards
beginner
One who lacks experience
- rookieInexperienced newcomer
- neophyteInexperienced beginner
- apprenticeLearner bound to employer
trainee · fledgling · greenhorn · initiate · recruit · tyro · cadet · intern · mentee · newcomer
parole
Conditional early release
- supervisionOverseeing people or processes
- offenderOne who breaks rules
- rehabilitationRecovery from injury/addiction
conditions · violation · officer · release · monitoring · court · sentence · compliance · reintegration · curfew
postulant
Religious order applicant
- novitiateReligious training period
- candidatePerson seeking selection
- monasteryReligious seclusion dwelling
convent · vows · order · discernment · formation · aspirant · cloister · nun · monk · profession
evaluation
Determining worth or quality
- assessmentFormal evaluation of worth
- testingExamining to evaluate
- reviewCritical written assessment
provisional · conditional · temporary · observation · performance · appraisal · scrutiny · criteria · standards · expectations
- studentsstudent, freshman, university students, sophomore, pupil
- beginnersbeginner, novice, rookie, newbie, newcomer
- novicesnovice, beginner, rookie, newbie, greenhorn
- temporary rolestemp, temp worker, internship, substitute, interim
- traineestrainee, apprentice, intern, novice, recruit
- new membersrookie, freshman, novice, apprentice, trainee
probationersupervisor
One who directs workers
mentor · instructor · trainer · teacher · overseer
- on probationServing trial period
- probation officerCourt-appointed offender monitor
- probationary periodTemporary assessment phase for newcomers
- probation periodConditional employment phase
- academic probationConditional student standing for underperformance
- probation violationBreaking supervised release conditions