| Novice 1. (n.) A beginner; a newcomer; one unacquainted or unskilled; one yet in the rudiments; a beginner; a tyro. 2. (n.) One newly received into the church, or one newly converted to the Christian faith. 3. (n.) One who enters a religious house, whether of monks or nuns, as a probationist. 4. (a.) Like a novice; becoming a novice. Thesaurus Entries abbess, abecedarian, alphabetarian, amateur, apprentice, articled clerk, baby, beginner, boot, canoness, catechumen, clergywoman, colt, conventual, cub, deb, debutant, entrant, fledgling, freshman, greenhorn, greeny, ignoramus, inductee, infant, initiate, lady superior, learner, mother superior, neophyte, nestling, new boy, newcomer, novitiate, nun, postulant, prentice, prioress, probationer, probationist, proselyte, punk, raw recruit, recruit, religieuse, rookie, secular canoness, sister, student, superioress, tenderfoot, the reverend mother, trainee, tyro, undergraduate |