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freshman

/ˈfɹɛʃ.mən/noun, adjective2 syllables

Freshman means: any new participant in some activity.

Synonyms for freshman23

noun, as in any new participant in some activity

newcomer, fledgling, fledgeling, starter, neophyte, newbie, entrant

noun, as in a first-year undergraduate

fresher

adjective, as in used of a person in the first year of an experience (especially in United States high school or college)

first-year, first, 1st

also used for freshman

first-year student, first year student, 1st year student, 1st yr student, frosh, freshie, grade nine student, grade 9 student, grade-niner, grade niner, grade seven student, grade 7 student

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What does freshman mean?3

noun

1

any new participant in some activity

2

a first-year undergraduate

adjective

1

used of a person in the first year of an experience (especially in United States high school or college)“a freshman senator”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Freshman in a sentence

  • Carla is the one freshman who aced every course in which she enrolled.gleki
  • He transferred to that school in his freshman year.Amastan
  • He was a freshman and she was a senior.Amastan
  • Sami was a freshman in high school at the time.OsoHombre
  • Sami started his freshman year at this high school.OsoHombre
  • Sami has been tutoring a freshman with math.OsoHombre
  • Ziri was excited to finish his freshman year of college.Amastan
  • The figure indicates approximately two thirds of the freshmen are indifferent to politics.unknown

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of freshman

as a noun

plural
freshmen