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new

∞ 2.1
Having little experience in a job or activity
  • adjective
  • /nuː/
: novato
  • We have hired several new employees to help with the increased workload.
  • a new student
  • a new teacher
  • new to the job

And that's why I say the new judges have time.

Examples

Synonyms

60 3.4

Not having much skill or practice

is about missing experience and training for a particular activity
untrained
vsnew
31 3.4

Having no teaching or practice to do a task well

includes lack of training but also missing practical experience
raw
vsnew
  • Informal
28 4.4

New and without much experience in a job or activity

is broader, covering lack of experience or training in any activity
uninitiated
vsnew
8 8.0

People who do not know about a subject or activity

stresses lacking experience and instruction for a particular position
unpracticed
vsnew
1 6.0

Not experienced at doing something

covers lack of both practice and formal training for the role
inexpert
vsnew
1 6.5

Not skilled at a task or subject

highlights absence of experience or training rather than only low skill
1 4.8

Has little skill or experience in a particular activity

focuses specifically on missing experience or training for a position
inexperient
vsnew
9.9

Not having much practical experience or training

emphasizes both lack of experience and formal training for a role
uninitiate
vsnew
9.9

Not having experience in a subject or activity

focuses more on not having experience or training in a role

Antonyms

386 1.9

Able to do something well because of practice

255 2.1

Someone who has a lot of skill and knowledge from doing something many times

Idioms

what's new
  • Informal
64 2.4

To ask what has happened recently in someone's life

16 3.7

A person or thing new to a group that others do not know yet

Seen in a different way that shows new sides

6 7.2

A person new in charge who makes rules stricter

4 9.8

To scold someone very harshly

new kid in town
  • Informal
3 4.3

A person new to a place who people notice

The beginning of a new time that offers a fresh start

To show or announce the start of a big change

1 9.9

A joking reply that pretends not to know someone who messages you

1 9.9

To scold someone angrily

Create new ways to make progress or grow

1 7.9

To change habits and try to be better at the start of the year

1 7.5

Someone presents a known idea as if it were new

Very bright and shiny, like a new coin

1 8.6

New ideas put into an old way that do not bring real change

1 9.1

To show you have recently become rich in a loud, flashy way

9.9

A playful reason to buy something new

Compounds

∞ 1.0

A very large city in the United States known for many landmarks and businesses

847 1.0

A northeastern US state with Albany as capital and New York City as its largest city

400 1.2

Completely new and never used

286 1.0

The first day of the year when people celebrate with parties and fireworks

235 1.0

The time at the start of a calendar year

232 1.5

A region in the northeast of the United States made up of six states

172 5.1

A situation that offers new chances and experiences

165 2.8

A person born in or living in New York City

129 1.0

The last evening of the year when people celebrate before midnight

115 1.0

A state in the northeast of the United States with Albany as its capital

69 2.3

Second part of the Christian Bible that tells about Jesus and the early church

58 4.2

The continents of North and South America that Europeans settled from the late 1400s

58 2.7

A recent function added to a product or app to help users

41 4.1

A series of government reforms and programs in the United States from 1933 to 1940 under President Roosevelt

A large place in New York where people buy and sell shares of companies

34 4.9

A group of artists or writers who introduce new ideas and styles

34 3.4

A time of big change in someone's life after an important event

new species
  • Specialized
31 4.9

A group of living things not known to science before

The first day of the year, celebrated as a public holiday on 1 January

26 3.3

An exciting experience that is not familiar and brings new challenges

19 3.2

A higher level of success than before

17 2.8

A thin crescent of the Moon that first appears after a dark period

A common way of living or working after a big change

16 3.7

An area or subject that is unfamiliar and not tried before

16 3.0

A version of a book that contains changes and is printed again

13 3.8

An extra part that makes something more detailed or interesting

12 3.9

A town planned and built in a new area with houses, shops, and schools

9 4.0

A time that brings a fresh start after a long hard time

9 2.7

A new song that many people like and play a lot

A state in the southeast of Australia with Sydney as its capital

8 4.1

A tender cut of beef from the upper part of the cow's back often cooked as a steak

New York minute
  • Informal
7 7.2

A very short moment when something happens

7 4.8

People or families who recently became rich and show their wealth publicly

6 6.7

Jazz music after 1940 that uses new ideas and different forms

A pleasant smell inside a brand new car

5 4.6

A large government program of reforms and public spending based on 1930s United States policies

new ballgame
  • Informal
5 6.1

A situation that is very different and needs a new way to act or think

4 4.2

A person who was born in or now lives in New Mexico

3 1.0

A young leaf that has just started to grow on a plant

A large area including New York City and its nearby suburbs

new penny
  • Archaic
3 5.3

A coin worth one hundredth of a pound first made in Britain in 1971

2 8.4

An effort by the Catholic Church to bring people back to faith where it is declining

new line
  • Specialized
2 3.1

A break that moves text to the next line

2 7.5

A movement in 1950s and 1960s French films that used new ways of telling stories and showing images

2 4.2

Food from a culture you have not tried before, often from other countries

A solemn Jewish festival that marks the start of the year with prayers and the blowing of a horn

new math
  • Archaic
1 7.9

A way of teaching math that focuses on underlying ideas like sets and rules

1 4.6

A national park of woods and open land in southern England known for wild ponies

new hotness
  • Slang
1 8.5

A thing that many people like and find exciting right now

New Dealer
  • Archaic
1 7.4

A person who supported government programs to help people during the 1930s

1 5.9

A monkey from Central and South America with a flat nose and often a tail that can hold things

A fresh start that makes something lively and useful again

The main offices of the London police and their detectives

A group of islands that includes New Zealand's North and South Islands and nearby smaller islands

New Look
  • Archaic
1 6.9

A style of women's clothes with a tight top, small waist, and a full skirt

A thick creamy soup from New England made with clams, potatoes, onions, and milk

1 4.4

A set of government programs in the 1930s in the United States to fight the Great Depression

New Hebrides
  • Literature
1 8.5

A former name for the island group now called Vanuatu in the southwest Pacific

1 6.1

Recently cut grass or hay that still smells fresh

1 2.8

A wide area of sea near New York City where the Hudson River meets the ocean

new criticism
  • Archaic
1 9.5

A way of studying literature that focuses on a text's language and form, not the author's life or history

1 5.7

The Greek language people speak and write today

1 7.6

Recently appeared or started to exist

New Latin
  • Formal
1 8.5

A form of Latin used since the Renaissance for science, study, and naming plants and animals

1 5.5

Completely new and never used

The official money of New Zealand

1 3.4

A page that lists recent changes and new features in an app or website

A very high steel arch bridge that crosses the New River at Fayetteville, West Virginia

1 8.4

A communist armed group formed in 1969 to fight the Philippine government

New Realism
  • Formal
1 9.8

A view in philosophy that the world exists by itself and can be known directly

1 6.9

An island in Papua New Guinea with many different cultures and beaches

A big morning meal with bagels, cream cheese, and smoked salmon

A later part of the Stone Age when people begin farming and make polished stone tools

How Experienced

seasoned
62 4.0
experienced
255 2.1
competent
134 3.6
new
∞ 2.1
green
39 5.8
untrained
31 3.4

Surface Forms

new positive
newer comparative
newest superlative

Etymology

New was used for anything 'recent' or 'just arrived', which is why we call someone a newcomer when they are just starting. So new can mean a person who lacks experience in something.