NEWCOMER: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for NEWCOMER?

Need another word that means the same as “newcomer”? Find 26 synonyms and 30 related words for “newcomer” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Newcomer” are: entrant, fledgeling, fledgling, freshman, neophyte, newbie, starter, arrival, immigrant, settler, stranger, outsider, foreigner, alien, intruder, parvenu, interloper, beginner, novice, learner, trainee, apprentice, probationer, raw recruit, tyro, initiate

Newcomer as a Noun

Definitions of "Newcomer" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “newcomer” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• A novice in a particular activity or situation.
• A person who has recently arrived in a place.
• Any new participant in some activity.
• A recent arrival.

Synonyms of "Newcomer" as a noun (26 Words)

alien	Anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found. An enemy alien.
apprentice	A beginner. An apprentice electrician.
arrival	Accomplishment of an objective. They awaited her arrival.
beginner	Someone new to a field or activity. A beginner s guide.
entrant	A person or group that enters or takes part in something. New entrants to the country must go though immigration procedures.
fledgeling	Any new participant in some activity.
fledgling	A person or organization that is immature, inexperienced, or underdeveloped. The country s fledgling democracy.
foreigner	A person not belonging to a particular place or group; a stranger or outsider.
freshman	A first-year student at university. We invited the freshmen.
immigrant	A person who comes to a country where they were not born in order to settle there. Immigrant workers.
initiate	A person who has been initiated into an organization or activity. An initiate of the cult.
interloper	Someone who intrudes on the privacy or property of another without permission. Japanese consumers have in the past been unreceptive to foreign interlopers in the cell phone market.
intruder	A person who intrudes, especially into a building with criminal intent. The intruder had pulled out drawers and dumped their contents on the floor.
learner	A person who is learning to drive a motor vehicle and has not yet passed a driving test. A fast learner.
neophyte	A novice in a religious order, or a newly ordained priest. A cast of neophyte actors.
newbie	An inexperienced newcomer to a particular activity.
novice	Someone who has entered a religious order but has not taken final vows. The novice hurdles.
outsider	A contestant (human or animal) not considered to have a good chance to win. She felt that his friends despised her as an outsider.
parvenu	A person of humble origin who has gained wealth, influence, or celebrity. The political inexperience of a parvenu.
probationer	An offender on probation.
raw recruit	Informal terms for nakedness.
settler	A person who moves with a group of others to live in a new country or area. The early European settlers in America were often fleeing from religious persecution.
starter	The pitcher who starts the game. Consumers upgrading from a regular mobile phone to a starter smartphone.
stranger	A person whom one does not know or with whom one is not familiar. He is no stranger to controversy.
trainee	Someone who is being trained. Trainee solicitors.
tyro	A beginner or novice.

Usage Examples of "Newcomer" as a noun

• She's a newcomer to the area.
• Hill, one of England's relative newcomers, gave them the lead.
• A newcomer to federal politics.
• He's a newcomer to Boston.

Associations of "Newcomer" (30 Words)

amateur	Lacking professional skill or expertise. An amateur painter.
appetizer	Food or drink to stimulate the appetite (usually served before a meal or as the first course. The afternoon games served as an appetizer for the evening s heavyweight clash between Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich.
apprentice	Employ someone as an apprentice. She apprenticed with midwives in San Francisco.
beginner	Someone new to a field or activity. A beginner s guide.
entrant	Someone who enters. The company is a new entrant into an established market.
exercising	The activity of exerting your muscles in various ways to keep fit. He did some exercising.
fledgling	(of a young bird) having acquired its flight feathers. A fledgling skier.
founder	A worker who makes metal castings. An iron founder.
freshen	Make fresh again. The yachts picked up a freshening breeze.
freshman	A first-year undergraduate. A freshman senator.
grader	A wheeled machine for levelling the ground, especially in making roads. A first grader.
laity	In Christianity, members of a religious community that do not have the priestly responsibilities of ordained clergy.
layman	A non-ordained male member of a Church. The book seems well suited to the interested layman.
learner	Works for an expert to learn a trade. A fast learner.
meal	The food eaten during a meal. The evening meal.
mere	Being nothing more than specified. Questions that cannot be answered by mere mortals.
neophyte	A new convert being taught the principles of Christianity by a catechist. Four day cooking classes are offered to neophytes and experts.
nestling	A young person of either sex. Cuckoo nestlings.
newbie	Any new participant in some activity.
novice	Someone who has entered a religious order but has not taken final vows. The novice hurdles.
prentice	Works for an expert to learn a trade. A tailor s prentice.
rookie	An awkward and inexperienced youth. A rookie cop.
salad	A cold dish of various mixtures of raw or cooked vegetables, usually seasoned with oil, vinegar, or other dressing and sometimes accompanied by meat, fish, or other ingredients. Bowls of salad.
sophomore	Used of the second year in United States high school or college. Their sophomore year in college.
soup	A substance or mixture regarded as resembling soup in appearance or consistency. The waves and the water beyond have become a thick brown soup.
starter	A railway signal controlling the starting of trains from a station or other location. To make sourdough you need a starter.
student	A school pupil. Student loans.
tutorial	Relating to a tutor or a tutor’s tuition. Online tutorials and reference guides.
tyro	Someone new to a field or activity.
unpracticed	Not having had extensive practice.