newcomer

noun

new·​com·​er ˈnü-ˌkə-mər 

ˈnyü-

1

: one recently arrived

2

: beginner, rookie

Synonyms

• abecedarian
• apprentice
• babe
• beginner
• colt
• cub
• fledgling
• freshman
• greenhorn
• neophyte
• newbie
• novice
• novitiate
• punk
• recruit
• rook
• rookie
• tenderfoot
• tyro
• virgin

Examples of newcomer in a Sentence

he's a newcomer to ice hockey

Recent Examples on the Web

Netflix Now, the second season is coming, which not only brings back Cousins but will feature two newcomers in the Cincinnati Bengals' Joe Burrow and Detroit Lions' Jared Goff. —James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 June 2025

Meanwhile, newcomers will be played by Jordan Donica, Andrea Martin, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Hattie Morahan, Leslie Uggams, Merritt Wever, Bill Camp and Phylicia Rashad. —Monica Mercuri, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025

And those cryptic commands persist today in some Linux editors, like Vim, a modal text editor where users must switch between different modes for editing versus navigating text, which famously confuses newcomers. —ArsTechnica, 23 June 2025

The sixth-year vet from Missouri has added 700,000 followers on TikTok and more than 244,000 newcomers on Instagram, according to social media analytics platform Social Blade. —Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 20 June 2025

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for newcomer

• midsummer
• bummer
• comer
• drummer
• dumber
• hummer
• plumber
• plummer
• somer
• summer
• trimer

Kids Definition

newcomer

noun

new·​com·​er ˈn(y)ü-ˌkəm-ər 

1

: one recently arrived

2

: beginner