'Freshman' definitions:
Definition of 'freshman'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Used of a person in the first year of an experience (especially in United States high school or college); "a freshman senator"; "freshman year in high school or college" [syn: freshman, first-year]
noun
A first-year undergraduate [syn: freshman, fresher]
noun
Definition of 'Freshman'
From: GCIDE
- Freshman \Fresh"man\, n.; pl. Freshmen. A novice; one in the rudiments of knowledge; especially, a student during his first year in a high school, college, or university.
- Syn: frosh. [1913 Webster]
- He drank his glass and cracked his joke, And freshmen wondered as he spoke. --Goldsmith. [1913 Webster]
- Freshman class, the lowest of the four classes in an American college. [ U. S.] [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'freshman'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abecedarian,
- alphabetarian,
- apprentice,
- articled clerk,
- baby,
- beginner,
- boot,
- cadet,
- catechumen,
- colt,
- deb,
- debutant,
- entrant,
- fledgling,
- greenhorn,
- greeny,
- ignoramus,
- inductee,
- infant,
- initiate,
- junior,
- learner,
- midshipman,
- neophyte,
- nestling,
- new boy,
- newcomer,
- novice,
- novitiate,
- plebe,
- postulant,
- probationer,
- probationist,
- raw recruit,
- recruit,
- rookie,
- senior,
- soph,
- sophomore,
- tenderfoot,
- trainee,
- tyro,
- undergrad,
- undergraduate,
- upperclassman