abecedarian

• POS: Adjective, Noun
• HYPHEN: a=be=ce=dar=i=an

CIDE DICTIONARY

abecedarian, n. [L. abecedarius. A word from the first four letters of the alphabet.].

•  One who is learning the alphabet; hence, a tyro.  [1913 Webster]
•  One engaged in teaching the alphabet.  Wood.  [1913 Webster]

abecedarian, a. 

 Pertaining to, or formed by, the letters of the alphabet; alphabetic; hence, rudimentary.  [1913 Webster]

Abecedarian psalms, hymns, etc., compositions in which (like the 119th psalm in Hebrew) distinct portions or verses commence with successive letters of the alphabet. Hook.

THESAURUS

abecedarian

aboriginal, allographic, alphabetarian, alphabetic, antenatal, apprentice, articled clerk, autochthonous, beginner, beginning, boot, budding, capital, catechumen, certified teacher, creative, dabbler, debutant, dilettante, docent, doctor, dominie, don, educationist, educator, elemental, elementary, embryonic, entrant, fellow, fetal, fledgling, formative, foundational, freshman, fundamental, gestatory, graphemic, greenhorn, guide, guru, ideographic, ignoramus, in embryo, in its infancy, in the bud, inaugural, inceptive, inchoate, inchoative, incipient, incunabular, inductee, infant, infantile, initial, initiate, initiative, initiatory, instructor, introductory, inventive, lettered, lexigraphic, literal, logogrammatic, logographic, lower-case, maestro, majuscule, master, melamed, mentor, minuscular, minuscule, mullah, nascent, natal, neophyte, new boy, newcomer, nonprofessional, novice, novitiate, original, pandit, parturient, pedagogist, pedagogue, pictographic, postnatal, postulant, preceptor, pregnant, prenatal, primal, primary, prime, primeval, primitive, primogenial, probationer, probationist, procreative, professor, pundit, rabbi, raw recruit, recruit, rookie, rudimental, rudimentary, schoolkeeper, schoolmaster, schoolteacher, smatterer, starets, teacher, tenderfoot, transliterated, tyro, uncial, upper-case, ur

ROGET THESAURUS

abecedarian

Letter

N letter, character, hieroglyphic, type, capitals, digraph, trigraph, ideogram, ideograph, majuscule, minuscule, majuscule, minuscule, alphabet, ABC, abecedary, christcross-row, consonant, vowel, diphthong, triphthong, mute, liquid, labial, dental, guttural, syllable, monosyllable, dissyllable, polysyllable, affix, suffix, spelling, orthograph, phonography, phonetic spelling, anagrammatism, metagrammatism, cipher, monogram, anagram, doubleacrostic, literal, alphabetical, abecedarian, syllabic, majuscular, minuscular, uncial.

Teacher

N teacher, trainer, instructor, institutor, master, tutor, director, Corypheus, dry nurse, coach, grinder, crammer, don, governor, bear leader, governess, duenna, disciplinarian, professor, lecturer, reader, prelector, prolocutor, preacher, chalk talker, khoja, pastor, schoolmaster, dominie, usher, pedagogue, abecedarian, schoolmistress, dame, monitor, pupil teacher, expositor, preceptor, guide, guru, mentor, pioneer, apostle, missionary, propagandist, munshi, example, professorship, tutelage, professorial, qui doet discet.

Learner

N learner, scholar, student, pupil, apprentice, prentice, journeyman, articled clerk, beginner, tyro, amateur, rank amateur, abecedarian, alphabetarian, alumnus, eleve, recruit, raw recruit, novice, neophyte, inceptor, catechumen, probationer, seminarian, chela, fellow-commoner, debutant, intern, resident, schoolboy, fresh, freshman, frosh, junior soph, junior, senior soph, senior, sophister, sophomore, questionist, undergraduate, graduate student, law student, medical student, pre-med, post-doctoral student, post-doc, matriculated student, part-time student, night student, auditor, class, grade, seminar, form, remove, pupilage, disciple, follower, apostle, proselyte, fellow-student, condisciple, school, in statu pupillari, in leading strings, practise makes perfect.