All greenhorn synonyms

noun greenhorn

• rube — Arthur Joseph, 1908–90, U.S. jurist, statesman, and diplomat: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1962–65; ambassador to the U.N. 1965–68.
• tenderfoot — a raw, inexperienced person; novice.
• beginner — A beginner is someone who has just started learning to do something and cannot do it very well yet.
• learner — a person who is learning; student; pupil; apprentice; trainee.
• colt — A colt is a young male horse.
• novice — a person who is new to the circumstances, work, etc., in which he or she is placed; beginner; tyro: a novice in politics.
• recruit — a newly enlisted or drafted member of the armed forces.
• neophyte — a beginner or novice: He's a neophyte at chess.
• virgin — a person who has never had sexual intercourse.
• amateur — An amateur is someone who does something as a hobby and not as a job.
• newcomer — a person or thing that has recently arrived; new arrival: She is a newcomer to our city. The firm is a newcomer in the field of advertising.
• hayseed — grass seed, especially that shaken out of hay.
• simpleton — an ignorant, foolish, or silly person.
• babe — Some people use babe as an affectionate way of addressing someone they love.
• tyro — a beginner in learning anything; novice.
• apprentice — An apprentice is a young person who works for someone in order to learn their skill.
• naif — a naive or inexperienced person.
• ingenue — the part of an artless, innocent, unworldly girl or young woman, especially as represented on the stage.
• ingenue — the part of an artless, innocent, unworldly girl or young woman, especially as represented on the stage.
• initiate — to begin, set going, or originate: to initiate major social reforms.