Noun: entrant en-trunt
- Someone who enters
"new entrants to the country must go though immigration procedures"
- One who enters a competition
"The young entrant surprised everyone by winning first place"
- Any new participant in some activity
"The experienced climbers welcomed the entrant to their mountaineering club";
- newcomer, fledgling, fledgeling, starter, neophyte, freshman [N. Amer], newbie [informal], newb [non-standard], noob [non-standard], n00b [non-standard], shavetail [N. Amer, informal]
- A commodity that enters competition with established merchandise
"a well publicized entrant is the pocket computer"
Derived forms: entrants
Type of: beginner, commodity, contestant, good, initiate, novice, rookie [informal], tiro, trade good, traveler [US], traveller [Brit, Cdn], tyro
Encyclopedia: Entrant