Meaning & use
novice
A person who is new to a skill, activity, or field and has little or no experience in it.
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As a novice cook, she burned the toast twice before finally getting breakfast right.
The ski instructor kept the group of novices on the gentle slope all morning.
A note on using this word
Novice can also specifically mean a person newly admitted to a religious order before taking final vows.
Words with a similar meaning
beginnernewcomeramateur
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