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FRESHMAN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A first-year undergraduate
Synonyms:
fresher; freshman
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("freshman" is a kind of...):
lowerclassman; underclassman (an undergraduate who is not yet a senior)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Any new participant in some activity
Synonyms:
entrant; fledgeling; fledgling; freshman; neophyte; newbie; newcomer; starter
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("freshman" is a kind of...):
beginner; initiate; novice; tiro; tyro (someone new to a field or activity)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "freshman"):
enlistee; recruit (any new member or supporter (as in the armed forces))
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Used of a person in the first year of an experience (especially in United States high school or college)
Example:
freshman year in high school or college
Synonyms:
first-year; freshman
Classified under:
Similar:
first (preceding all others in time or space or degree)
Domain region:
America; the States; U.S.; U.S.A.; United States; United States of America; US; USA (North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776)
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