greenie

Examples

• All

• I guess this will be a change for you, working... with a greenie, huh?

  The Best Two Years (2004)

• As a new employee, I felt like a greenie during my first week at the company.

• Not bad for a Greenie, huh?

  The Maze Runner (2014)

• Hell of a first day, Greenie.

  The Maze Runner (2014)

• We gotta stop meeting like this, Greenie.

  The Maze Runner (2014)

• What do you say, Greenie?

  The Maze Runner (2014)

• Half the Elders in this mission would love to train a greenie.

  The Best Two Years (2004)

• Just a scared little Greenie who couldn't even remember his own name.

  Maze Runner: The Death Cure (2018)

• That's what I have to do, because I'm the greenie.

  Latter Days (2004)

• I've been on a bit of a rant lately about the challenge of being both Greenie and Geeky.

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Synonyms

N

newbie

vsgreenie

• Slang

60 4.7

A person who is new to a job or activity and has little experience

is used for simple everyday newcomers rather than formal beginners

N

novice

vsgreenie

46 3.4

A person new to an activity who has little experience

is more casual and slangy compared with this neutral term

N

neophyte

vsgreenie

9 8.4

A person new to a subject, skill, or belief

is the everyday informal word rather than this more formal one

G

greenhorn

vsgreenie

• Informal

7 7.4

A person who is new to an activity and has little experience

focuses on lack of experience without implying youth or awkwardness

G

greeny

vsgreenie

• Slang

8.6

A person who is new and has little experience in a job or activity

is the informal variant used for newcomers rather than formal words

Antonyms

E

expert

∞ 3.2

A person who knows a lot about a subject and can help others

V

veteran

153 4.1

Having long experience and skill in a job or activity

How Inexperienced

novice

46 3.4

greenie

• UK

1 8.2

beginner

81 1.0

newcomer

123 1.6

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