The rookie breathed new life into the team.
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Rookie
//ˈɹʊki//
Synonyms for "rookie" (75 found)
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Related words (37)
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11 entriesTranslations
69 translations across 19 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- но́вак noun (novice)
- новобра́нец noun (inexperienced recruit in military or police)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 菜鳥 /菜鸟 noun (inexperienced recruit in military or police)
Czech
3 entries- bažant noun (inexperienced recruit in military or police)
- nováček noun (novice)
- zelenáč noun (novice)
Dutch
3 entries- beginneling noun (novice)
- nieuwkomer noun (novice)
- schacht noun (inexperienced recruit in military or police)
Estonian
4 entries- algaja noun (novice)
- junga noun (novice)
- kollanokk noun (novice)
- noor noun (inexperienced recruit in military or police)
Finnish
4 entries- aloittelija noun (novice)
- alokas noun (inexperienced recruit in military or police)
- keltanokka noun (novice)
- mopo noun (inexperienced recruit in military or police)
French
2 entries- bleu noun (inexperienced recruit in military or police)
- bleu noun (novice)
Galician
4 entries- anovao noun (inexperienced recruit in military or police)
- anovao noun (novice)
- codio noun (novice)
- garamufo noun (novice)
German
4 entries- Anfänger noun (novice)
- Frischling noun (inexperienced recruit in military or police)
- Neuling noun (novice)
- Neuling noun (athlete new to the sport or to a team)
Italian
2 entries- principiante noun (novice)
- recluta noun (inexperienced recruit in military or police)
Japanese
2 entries- ルーキー noun (athlete new to the sport or to a team)
- 新人 noun (athlete new to the sport or to a team)
Korean
2 entries- 루키 noun (athlete new to the sport or to a team)
- 신인 noun (athlete new to the sport or to a team)
Macedonian
3 entries- гуштер noun (inexperienced recruit in military or police)
- новак noun (novice)
- новајлија noun (novice)
Polish
2 entries- kot noun (inexperienced recruit in military or police)
- żółtodziób noun (novice)
Portuguese
4 entries- novata noun (novice)
- novato noun (inexperienced recruit in military or police)
- novato noun (novice)
- principiante noun (novice)
Romanian
2 entries- boboc noun (novice)
- răcan noun (inexperienced recruit in military or police)
Russian
4 entries- зелёный noun (novice)
- новичо́к noun (novice)
- новобра́нец noun (inexperienced recruit in military or police)
- сала́га noun (inexperienced recruit in military or police)
Spanish
4 entries- bisoño adj (amateur)
- novato adj (amateur)
- novel adj (amateur)
- bisoño noun (inexperienced recruit in military or police)
Turkish
2 entries- çaylak noun (inexperienced recruit in military or police)
- çaylak noun (novice)
Sample sentences
21 total sentences available.
Tom is a rookie.
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I made a rookie mistake.
Source: tatoeba (2380397)
I'm a rookie.
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