newbie
noun (a newbie, newbies)
Everyday
(slang) A newbie is someone who is new to something, like a game, club, job or website, and doesn't know much yet. tree →
In the lessons
Used in gaming, online forums and everyday chat. Can be friendly or a bit teasing. Phrases: a total newbie, help the newbies.
Examples
- I'm a newbie at chess, so go easy on me. tree →
- The newbies on our team are learning fast. tree →
- Everyone was a newbie once. tree →
- He's a newbie in the game, so he keeps falling off. tree →
- Be kind to newbies in the forum. tree →
- As a newbie, I asked lots of questions. tree →
Note
Slang, informal. Plural: newbies. Similar: beginner, rookie, novice. «Noob» is a ruder version used in gaming; calling someone a noob can be unkind.
On Mova
- Trees and pragmatics of «newbie» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- «newbie» in the school dictionary on Mova free.
This page in Markdown → https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/newbie/