freshman
adjective
1. used of a person in the first year of an experience (especially in United States high school or college)
- a freshman senator
- freshman year in high school or college
Similar word(s): first
noun
1. a first-year undergraduate
Similar word(s): fresher
Definition categories: person, lowerclassman, underclassman
2. any new participant in some activity
Similar word(s): entrant, fledgeling, fledgling, neophyte, newbie, newcomer, starter
Definition categories: person, beginner, initiate, novice, tiro, tyro
Sentences with freshman as a noun:
- At the time I was a wide-eyed freshman, but I was soon to grow jaded and cynical.