greenhorn
noun
1 greenhorn
An awkward and inexperienced youth.
synonyms: cub, rookie.
Roget 493:
ignoramus,
dunce;
wooden spoon;
no scholar.
[insulting terms for ignorant person:]
(imbecility)
499
(folly)
501
moron,
imbecile,
idiot;
fool,
jerk,
nincompoop,
asshole [Vulg.].
[person with superficial knowledge]
dilettante,
sciolist†,
smatterer,
dabbler,
half scholar;
charlatan;
wiseacre.
greenhorn,
amateur
etc.
(dupe)
547;
novice,
tyro
etc.
(learner)
541;
numskull.
lubber
etc.
(bungler)
701;
fool
etc.
501;
pedant
etc.
492.
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Roget 501:
fool,
idiot,
tomfool,
wiseacre,
simpleton,
witling†,
dizzard†,
donkey,
ass;
ninny,
ninnyhammer†;
chowderhead†,
chucklehead†;
dolt,
booby,
Tom Noddy,
looby†,
hoddy-doddy†,
noddy,
nonny,
noodle,
nizy†,
owl;
goose,
goosecap†;
imbecile;
gaby†;
radoteur†,
nincompoop,
badaud†,
zany;
trifler,
babbler;
pretty fellow;
natural,
niais†.
child,
baby,
infant,
innocent,
milksop,
sop.
oaf,
lout,
loon,
lown†,
dullard,
doodle,
calf,
colt,
buzzard,
block,
put,
stick,
stock,
numps†,
tony.
bull head,
dunderhead,
addlehead†,
blockhead,
dullhead†,
loggerhead,
jolthead†,
jolterhead†,
beetlehead†,
beetlebrain,
grosshead†,
muttonhead,
noodlehead,
giddyhead†;
numbskull,
thickskull†;
lackbrain†,
shallowbrain†;
dimwit,
halfwit,
lackwit†;
dunderpate†;
lunkhead sawney [U.S.],
gowk†;
clod,
clod-hopper;
clod-poll,
clot-poll,
clot-pate;
bull calf;
gawk,
Gothamite,
lummox,
rube [U.S.];
men of Boeotia,
wise men of Gotham.
un sot a triple etage [Fr.],
sot;
jobbernowl†,
changeling,
mooncalf,
gobemouche†.
dotard,
driveler;
old fogey,
old woman,
crock;
crone,
grandmother;
cotquean†,
henhussy†.
incompetent
(insanity)
503.
greenhorn
etc.
(dupe)
547;
dunce
etc.
(ignoramus)
493;
lubber
etc.
(bungler)
701;
madman
etc.
504.
one who will not set the Thames on fire;
one who did not invent gunpowder,
qui n'a pas invente' la poudre [Fr.];
no conjuror.
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Roget 547:
dupe,
gull,
gudgeon,
gobemouche†,
cull [Slang],
cully†,
victim,
pigeon,
April fool†;
jay [Slang],
sucker [Slang];
laughingstock
etc.
857;
Cyclops,
simple Simon,
flat;
greenhorn;
fool
etc.
501;
puppet,
cat's paw.
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Roget 701:
bungler;
blunderer,
blunderhead†;
marplot,
fumbler,
lubber,
duffer,
dauber,
stick;
bad hand,
poor hand,
poor shot;
butterfingers†.
no conjurer,
flat,
muff,
slow coach,
looby†,
lubber,
swab;
clod,
yokel,
awkward squad,
blanc-bec;
galoot†.
land lubber;
fresh water sailor,
fair weather sailor;
horse marine;
fish out of water,
ass in lion's skin,
jackdaw in peacock's feathers;
quack
etc.
(deceiver)
548;
lord of misrule.
sloven,
slattern,
trapes†.
amateur,
novice,
greenhorn
(learner)
541.
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Dutch: nieuweling, nieuwkomer, beginneling, schacht, broekje, groene, groentje, melkmuil, vlasbaard
Polish: gołowąs
Moby thesaurus: abecedarian, alphabetarian, apprentice, arriviste, articled clerk, babe, baby, beginner, boob, boot, catechumen, chump, cinch, credulous person, cull, dabbler, deb, debutant, dilettante, dull tool, dunce, dupe, easy mark, easy pickings, emigrant, entrant, fall guy, fish, fledgling, fool, freshman, gate-crasher, gobe-mouches, greener, greeny, gudgeon, gull, ignoramus, illiterate, illiterati, immigrant, incapable, incompetent, inductee, infant, initiate, innocent, intruder, know-nothing, leadpipe cinch, learner, lowbrow, mediocrity, middlebrow, monkey, neophyte, nestling, new arrival, new boy, newcomer, no conjuror, no scholar, novice, novitiate, novus homo, parvenu, patsy, pigeon, plaything, postulant, prize sap, probationer, probationist, puddinghead, pushover, raw recruit, recruit, rookie, sap, saphead, schlemiel, settler, sitting duck, squatter, stooge, stowaway, sucker, tenderfoot, toy, trainee, trusting soul, tyro, unintelligentsia, upstart, victim ... show more.
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