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[ nee-uh-fahyt ] / ˈni əˌfaɪt / SEE SYNONYMS FOR neophyte ON THESAURUS.COM
nouna beginner or novice: He's a neophyte at chess. Roman Catholic Church. a novice. a person newly converted to a belief, as a heathen, heretic, or nonbeliever; proselyte. Primitive Church. a person newly baptized. Origin of neophyte1540–50; <Late Latin neophytus newly planted <Greek neóphytos.See neo-, -phyte SYNONYMS FOR neophyteSEE SYNONYMS FOR neophyte ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM neophytene·o·phyt·ic [nee-uh-fit-ik], /ˌni əˈfɪt ɪk/, ne·o·phyt·ish [nee-uh-fahy-tish], /ˈni əˌfaɪ tɪʃ/, adjectivene·o·phyt·ism [nee-uh-fahy-tiz-uhm], /ˈni ə faɪˌtɪz əm/, nounWords nearby neophyteneopaganism, neopallium, neo-Pentecostal, neophilia, neophobia, neophyte, neopilina, neoplasia, neoplasm, neoplasticism, neoplasty Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for neophyteFor the aficionado or the neophyte, Comics is a useful overview of a richly creative period in a burgeoning art. The Best Coffee Table Books of 2014|Robert Birnbaum|December 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST The other thing the film got wrong was the premise that David was a neophyte, better suited for interviewing the Bee Gees. The Private David Frost|John M. Florescu|September 3, 2013|DAILY BEAST All the hullabaloo confused the neophyte rockers, who had only been a band for two years and were searching for their own voice. Cold War Kids on Faith, Hipster Detractors & Their Musical Evolution|Marlow Stern|April 17, 2013|DAILY BEAST Wallin did not seem to be a neophyte in the ways of narcotics peddling. Monsignor Meth Kevin Wallin: The Kinky Priest Who Sold Meth|Michael Daly|January 22, 2013|DAILY BEAST
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British Dictionary definitions for neophyte
nouna person newly converted to a religious faith RC Church a novice in a religious order a novice or beginner Derived forms of neophyteneophytic (ˌniːəʊˈfɪtɪk), adjectiveWord Origin for neophyteC16: via Church Latin from New Testament Greek neophutos recently planted, from neos new + phuton a plant Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to neophytenewcomer, novice, tenderfoot, colt, trainee, recruit, abecedarian, amateur, rookie, freshman, fledgling, greenhorn, tyro, apprentice |