Beside you, I'm only a beginner at this game.
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Beginner
//bɪˈɡɪnə//
Synonyms for "beginner" (145 found)
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Closest matches (29)
Strong matches (44)
Noun(14 words)
Related words (72)
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16 entriesSynonyms
3 entriesRelated terms
3 entriescapable of
1 entriesderived
4 entriesderived from
1 entriesrelated to
1 entriesTranslations
142 translations across 61 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- fillestar noun (someone who just recently started)
Arabic
1 entries- مُبْتَدِئ noun (someone who just recently started)
Armenian
1 entries- սկսնակ noun (someone who just recently started)
Basque
1 entries- hasiberri noun (someone who just recently started)
Belarusian
4 entries- нава́к noun (someone who just recently started)
- нава́чка noun (someone who just recently started)
- навачо́к noun (someone who just recently started)
- навічо́к noun (someone who just recently started)
Bengali
1 entries- নবিস noun (someone who just recently started)
Bulgarian
2 entries- начина́ещ noun (someone who just recently started)
- нова́к noun (someone who just recently started)
Catalan
4 entries- novell noun (someone who just recently started)
- novençà noun (someone who just recently started)
- novici noun (someone who just recently started)
- principiant noun (someone who just recently started)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 初學者 /初学者 noun (someone who just recently started)
- 新手 noun (someone who just recently started)
Czech
3 entries- nováček noun (someone who just recently started)
- začátečnice noun (someone who just recently started)
- začátečník noun (someone who just recently started)
Danish
1 entries- begynder noun (someone who just recently started)
Dutch
4 entries- beginneling noun (someone who just recently started)
- beginnelinge noun (someone who just recently started)
- beginner noun (someone who just recently started)
- starter noun (someone who sets something in motion)
Esperanto
1 entries- komencanto noun (someone who just recently started)
Estonian
2 entries- algaja noun (someone who just recently started)
- alustaja noun (someone who sets something in motion)
Finnish
4 entries- aloittaja noun (someone who sets something in motion)
- aloittelija noun (someone who just recently started)
- avaaja noun (someone who sets something in motion)
- käynnistäjä noun (someone who sets something in motion)
French
2 entries- débutant noun (someone who just recently started)
- débutante noun (someone who just recently started)
Galician
3 entries- novata noun (someone who just recently started)
- novato noun (someone who just recently started)
- principiante noun (someone who just recently started)
Georgian
2 entries- ახალბედა noun (someone who just recently started)
- დამწყები noun (someone who just recently started)
German
3 entries- Anfänger noun (someone who just recently started)
- Anfängerin noun (someone who just recently started)
- Neuling noun (someone who just recently started)
Greek
2 entries- αρχάριος noun (someone who just recently started)
- πρωτάρης noun (someone who just recently started)
Hebrew
1 entries- מתחיל noun (someone who just recently started)
Hindi
1 entries- नया noun (someone who just recently started)
Hungarian
2 entries- kezdő noun (someone who just recently started)
- újonc noun (someone who just recently started)
Indonesian
1 entries- pemula noun (someone who just recently started)
Italian
4 entries- debuttante noun (someone who just recently started)
- esordiente noun (someone who just recently started)
- neofita noun (someone who just recently started)
- novellino noun (someone who just recently started)
Japanese
4 entries- ビギナー noun (someone who just recently started)
- 初学者 noun (someone who just recently started)
- 初心者 noun (someone who just recently started)
- 新参 noun (someone who just recently started)
Kalmyk
1 entries- эклгч noun (someone who just recently started)
Korean
2 entries- 초보자 noun (someone who just recently started)
- 초심자 noun (someone who just recently started)
Ladino
2 entries- adjami noun (someone who just recently started)
- empesante noun (someone who just recently started)
Latin
2 entries- inceptor noun (someone who just recently started)
- tīrō noun (someone who just recently started)
Latvian
2 entries- iesācēja noun (someone who just recently started)
- iesācējs noun (someone who just recently started)
Lithuanian
1 entries- naujokas noun (someone who just recently started)
Macedonian
1 entries- почетник noun (someone who just recently started)
Māori
3 entries- ihu hūpē noun (someone who just recently started)
- ika tauhou noun (someone who just recently started)
- tauhou noun (someone who just recently started)
Nepali
1 entries- नयाँ noun (someone who just recently started)
Norman
1 entries- c'menchant noun (someone who just recently started)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- nybegynner noun (someone who just recently started)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- nybegynnar noun (someone who just recently started)
- nybyrjar noun (someone who just recently started)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- ملازم noun (someone who just recently started)
Persian
3 entries- تازهکار noun (someone who just recently started)
- مبتدی noun (someone who just recently started)
- نوچه noun (someone who just recently started)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Aunfenja noun (someone who just recently started)
Polish
4 entries- adept noun (someone who just recently started)
- adeptka noun (someone who just recently started)
- debiutant noun (someone who just recently started)
- nowicjusz noun (someone who just recently started)
Portuguese
3 entries- iniciante noun (someone who just recently started)
- novato noun (someone who just recently started)
- principiante noun (someone who just recently started)
Romanian
4 entries- debutant noun (someone who just recently started)
- inițiator noun (someone who sets something in motion)
- începătoare noun (someone who just recently started)
- începător noun (someone who just recently started)
Russian
4 entries- дебюта́нт noun (someone who just recently started)
- дебюта́нтка noun (someone who just recently started)
- начина́ющий noun (someone who just recently started)
- новичо́к noun (someone who just recently started)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- neach-tòiseachaidh noun (someone who just recently started)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- pòčetnīk noun (someone who just recently started)
- по̀четнӣк noun (someone who just recently started)
Slovak
3 entries- nováčik noun (someone who just recently started)
- začiatočník noun (someone who just recently started)
- začiatočníčka noun (someone who just recently started)
Slovene
2 entries- začetnica noun (someone who just recently started)
- začetnik noun (someone who just recently started)
Spanish
4 entries- bisoño noun (someone who just recently started)
- iniciador noun (someone who sets something in motion)
- novato noun (someone who just recently started)
- novel noun (someone who just recently started)
Swedish
2 entries- novis noun (someone who just recently started)
- nybörjare noun (someone who just recently started)
Tagalog
1 entries- singki noun (someone who just recently started)
Thai
1 entries- มือใหม่ noun (someone who just recently started)
Tocharian B
1 entries- ñwetstse noun (someone who just recently started)
Turkish
4 entries- acemi noun (someone who just recently started)
- toy noun (someone who just recently started)
- çaylak noun (someone who just recently started)
- çömez noun (someone who just recently started)
Ukrainian
4 entries- нова́к noun (someone who just recently started)
- нова́чка noun (someone who just recently started)
- новачо́к noun (someone who just recently started)
- початкі́вець noun (someone who just recently started)
Urdu
2 entries- شروعات noun (someone who just recently started)
- مبتدی noun (someone who just recently started)
Vietnamese
2 entries- người bắt đầu noun (someone who just recently started)
- người mới học noun (someone who just recently started)
Volapük
3 entries- hipriman noun (someone who just recently started)
- jipriman noun (someone who just recently started)
- priman noun (someone who just recently started)
Welsh
1 entries- dechreuwr noun (someone who just recently started)
Yiddish
2 entries- אָנהייבער noun (someone who just recently started)
- אָנפֿאַנגער noun (someone who just recently started)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
Tom's a beginner, but he catches on fast.
Source: tatoeba (37093)
Do you take me for a complete beginner?
Source: tatoeba (69301)
It's dangerous for a beginner to swim here.
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