1. A first-year undergraduate
   "The freshmen attended orientation week to familiarize themselves with campus life";
   - fresher [Brit], frosh [N. Amer, informal]
    
2. [N. Amer] Any new participant in some activity
   "The experienced climbers welcomed the freshman to their mountaineering club";
   - newcomer, fledgling, fledgeling, starter, neophyte, newbie [informal], entrant, newb [non-standard], noob [non-standard], n00b [non-standard], shavetail [N. Amer, informal]

1. Used of a person in the first year of an experience (especially in United States high school or college)
   "freshman year in high school or college"; "a freshman senator";
   - first-year

Derived forms: freshmen

See also: 1st, first

Type of: beginner, initiate, lowerclassman, novice, rookie [informal], tiro, tyro, underclassman

Encyclopedia: Freshman