Tyro
['taɪrəʊ] or ['taɪro]
Definition
(n.) A beginner in learning; one who is in the rudiments of any branch of study; a person imperfectly acquainted with a subject; a novice.
Edited by Barbie
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Beginner, novice, learner.
Inputed by Byron
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Beginner, novice, neophyte
ANT:Professor, adept, expert, master, 'Un', reference, may, be, made, be, the,words, themselves).}, as, for
Typist: Ursula
Definition
n. one learning any art: one not yet well acquainted with a subject:—pl. Ty′ros.—ns. Tyroc′iny pupilage (see Tirocinium); Ty′ronism state of being a tyro.
Typist: Robinson
Examples
- Biot hesitated to credit a mere tyro with such an achievement. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- There was no general in Europe, from Frederick II downward, who was not a tyro in strategy compared to Subutai. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
Typed by Chauncey