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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun beginner has 2 senses

• beginner(n = noun.person) initiate, novice, tiro, tyro - someone new to a field or activity; Array
is a kind of unskilled person
has particulars: abecedarian, apprentice, learner, prentice, cub, greenhorn, rookie, landlubber, landsman, lubber, entrant, fledgeling, fledgling, freshman, neophyte, newbie, newcomer, starter, tenderfoot, trainee
Derived form verb begin₁

• beginner(n = noun.person) father, founder, founding father - a person who founds or establishes some institution; "George Washington is the father of his country"
has particulars: cofounder, coloniser, colonizer, foundress
is a kind of conceiver, mastermind, originator
Derived form verb begin₃

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

THESAURUS

beginner

abecedarian, agent, alphabetarian, ancestors, apprentice, architect, articled clerk, artificer, artist, author, baby, begetter, boot, builder, catalyst, catechumen, causer, colt, conceiver, constructor, craftsman, creator, deb, debutant, designer, deviser, discoverer, effector, engenderer, engineer, entrant, executor, executrix, father, fledgling, founder, freshman, generator, greenhorn, greeny, grower, ignoramus, inaugurator, inductee, industrialist, infant, initiate, initiator, inspirer, instigator, institutor, introducer, inventor, journeyman, learner, maker, manufacturer, master, master craftsman, mother, mover, neophyte, nestling, new boy, newcomer, novice, novitiate, organizer, originator, parent, past master, planner, postulant, precursor, prime mover, primum mobile, probationer, probationist, producer, raiser, raw recruit, realizer, recruit, rookie, shaper, sire, smith, tenderfoot, trainee, tyro, wright

ROGET THESAURUS

beginner

Learner

N learner, scholar, student, pupil, apprentice, prentice, journeyman, articled clerk, beginner, tyro, amateur, rank amateur, abecedarian, alphabetarian, alumnus, eleve, recruit, raw recruit, novice, neophyte, inceptor, catechumen, probationer, seminarian, chela, fellow-commoner, debutant, intern, resident, schoolboy, fresh, freshman, frosh, junior soph, junior, senior soph, senior, sophister, sophomore, questionist, undergraduate, graduate student, law student, medical student, pre-med, post-doctoral student, post-doc, matriculated student, part-time student, night student, auditor, class, grade, seminar, form, remove, pupilage, disciple, follower, apostle, proselyte, fellow-student, condisciple, school, in statu pupillari, in leading strings, practise makes perfect.

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