About The Word Greenhorn

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Greenhorn

Greenhorn Meaning & Definition
Greenhorn Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Greenhorn?

[n] an awkward and inexperienced youth

Synonyms | Synonyms for Greenhorn: cub | rookie

Related Terms | Find terms related to Greenhorn: abecedarian | alphabetarian | apprentice | arriviste | articled clerk | babe | baby | beginner | boob | boot | catechumen | chump | cinch | credulous person | cull | dabbler | deb | debutant | dilettante | dull tool | dunce | dupe | easy mark | easy pickings | emigrant | entrant | fall guy | fish | fledgling | fool | freshman | gate-crasher | gobe-mouches | greener | greeny | gudgeon | gull | ignoramus | illiterate | illiterati | immigrant | incapable | incompetent | inductee | infant | initiate | innocent | intruder | know-nothing | leadpipe cinch | learner | lowbrow | mediocrity | middlebrow | monkey | neophyte | nestling | new arrival | new boy | newcomer | no conjuror | no scholar | novice | novitiate | novus homo | parvenu | patsy | pigeon | plaything | postulant | prize sap | probationer | probationist | puddinghead | pushover | raw recruit | recruit | rookie | sap | saphead | schlemiel | settler | sitting duck | squatter | stooge | stowaway | sucker | tenderfoot | toy | trainee | trusting soul | tyro | unintelligentsia | upstart | victim

See Also | beginner | initiate | novice | tiro | tyro

Greenhorn In Webster's Dictionary

\Green"horn`\, n. A raw, inexperienced person; one easily imposed upon. --W. Irving.

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