rookienoun [ C ]
uk/ˈrʊk.i/us/ˈrʊk.i/mainly US informala person who is new to an organization or an activity:
These rookie cops don't know anything yet.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Inexperienced people and lack of experience
- beginner
- blind
- dilettante
- freshman
- functional illiterate
- greenhorn
- know
- layman
- laywoman
- lightweight
- neophyte
- newcomer
- probationer
- stranger
- the blind leading the blind idiom
- the uninitiated
- tyro
- upstart
- virgin
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