tyro

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: ty=ro

CIDE DICTIONARY

tyro, n. [L. tiro a newlylevied soldier, a beginner.].

 A beginner in learning; one who is in the rudiments of any branch of study; a person imperfectly acquainted with a subject; a novice.  [1913 Webster]
"The management of tyros of eighteen
Is difficult."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

tyro, var. of TIRO.

THESAURUS

tyro

abecedarian, alphabetarian, apprentice, articled clerk, baby, beginner, boot, catechumen, colt, dabbler, deb, debutant, dilettante, entrant, fledgling, freshman, greenhorn, greeny, ignoramus, inductee, infant, initiate, learner, neophyte, nestling, new boy, newcomer, nonprofessional, novice, novitiate, postulant, probationer, probationist, raw recruit, recruit, rookie, smatterer, tenderfoot, trainee

ROGET THESAURUS

tyro

Ignoramus

N ignoramus, dunce, wooden spoon, no scholar, (imbecility) 499 (folly) 501 moron, imbecile, idiot, fool, jerk, nincompoop, asshole, dilettante, sciolist, smatterer, dabbler, half scholar, charlatan, wiseacre, greenhorn, amateur, novice, tyro, numskull, lubber, fool, pedant, bookless, shallow, ignorant, a wit with dunces and a dunce with wits.

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.