Noun: newcomer 'n(y)oo,kú-mu(r)
- A recent arrival
"he's a newcomer to Boston"
- Any new participant in some activity
"The experienced climbers welcomed the newcomer to their mountaineering club";
- fledgling, fledgeling, starter, neophyte, freshman [N. Amer], newbie [informal], entrant, newb [non-standard], noob [non-standard], n00b [non-standard], shavetail [N. Amer, informal]
Derived forms: newcomers
Type of: arrival, arriver, beginner, comer, initiate, novice, rookie [informal], tiro, tyro
Encyclopedia: Newcomer, Missouri