novicenoun [ C ]
uk/ˈnɒv.ɪs/us/ˈnɑː.vɪs/a person who is not experienced in a job or situation:
I've never driven a car before - I'm a complete novice.
This plant can be difficult for novice gardeners to grow.
a person who is training to be a monk or a nun
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Inexperienced people and lack of experience
- beginner
- blind
- dilettante
- freshman
- functional illiterate
- greenhorn
- know
- layman
- laywoman
- lightweight
- neophyte
- newcomer
- rookie
- stranger
- the blind leading the blind idiom
- the uninitiated
- tyro
- upstart
- virgin
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Religious people: monks & nuns