All tenderfoot synonyms
ten·der·foot
T t noun tenderfoot
- cub — A cub is a young wild animal such as a lion, wolf, or bear.
- naif — a naive or inexperienced person.
- 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.
- bush leaguer — Also called busher. Baseball. a player in a minor league. an incompetent player, as one who behaves or plays as if he or she belonged in a minor league.
- latecomer — a person who arrives late: The latecomers were seated after the overture.
- entrant — A person or group that enters, joins, or takes part in something.
- incomer — a person who comes in.
- ingenue — the part of an artless, innocent, unworldly girl or young woman, especially as represented on the stage.
- draftee — a person who is drafted into military service. Compare enlistee (def 1).
- ingenues — the part of an artless, innocent, unworldly girl or young woman, especially as represented on the stage.
- fledgling — a young bird just fledged.
- apprentice — An apprentice is a young person who works for someone in order to learn their skill.
- blow-in — (of a piece of advertising) inserted in but not attached to a magazine or newspaper: blow-in cards.
- abecedarian — a person who is learning the alphabet or the rudiments of a subject
- amateur — An amateur is someone who does something as a hobby and not as a job.
- greenhorn — an untrained or inexperienced person.
- greenie — Slang. an amphetamine pill, especially one that is green in color.
- catechumen — a person, esp in the early Church, undergoing instruction prior to baptism
- neophyte — a beginner or novice: He's a neophyte at chess.
- beginner — A beginner is someone who has just started learning to do something and cannot do it very well yet.
- blow in — to arrive or enter suddenly
- novice — a person who is new to the circumstances, work, etc., in which he or she is placed; beginner; tyro: a novice in politics.
- novitiate — the state or period of being a novice of a religious order or congregation.
- dallier — One who dallies; a procrastinator.
- newbie — a newcomer or novice, especially an inexperienced user of the Internet or of computers in general.
adj tenderfoot
- infantine — infantile.
- half cocked — to set the hammer of (a firearm) at half cock.
- green — of the color of growing foliage, between yellow and blue in the spectrum: green leaves.
- callow — A callow young person has very little experience or knowledge of the way they should behave as an adult.
- immature — not mature, ripe, developed, perfected, etc.
- low tech — low-technology.
- inexperienced — not experienced; lacking knowledge, skill, or wisdom gained from experience.
- kidder — to talk or deal jokingly with; banter; jest with: She is always kidded about her accent.
- half-cocked — (of a firearm) at the position of half cock.
- dilettante — a person who takes up an art, activity, or subject merely for amusement, especially in a desultory or superficial way; dabbler.
- half-grown — advanced in growth: a grown boy.