newbie, greenhorn, newcomer, novice, graybeard, tenderfoot, wunderkind, veteran, dilettante, callow, whiz kid, upstart, savvy, tyro, whippersnapper, latecomer, kibitzer, elder statesman, gadfly, wannabes, comer, naif, outsider, hotshot, dabbler, rube, greybeard, adroitness, mettle, mudslinger, journeyman, savant, wonk, needler, slickster, phenom, eager beaver, protege, technocrat, politician, grandstander, multimillionaire, acumen, young turk, aficionado, smarts, prodigy, poobah, wallflower, naysayer, articulateness, acolyte, malaprop, bona fides, junkie, airheaded, late bloomer, carpetbagger, huckster, stripling, maverick, number cruncher, prevaricator, pipsqueak, pugnaciousness, cakewalk, dweeby, panderer, shrinking violet, stalwart, mentor, afficionado, outdoorswoman, poseur, bigshot, politico, apparatchik, extraordinaire, astuteness, noncandidate, spinmeister, schmoozer, aspirant, beginner, maneuverer, sophisticate, loose cannon, bigwig, inexperience, stumblebum, metier, canny, rookie, moxie, incumbent, gazillionaire, brash, maven, ingenue, pedigree, unknown quantity, legman, neophytes, novices, beginners, devotee, pilgrim, disciple, worshiper, worshipper, convert, amateur, followers, pilgrims, disciples, penitent, slave, inexperienced, knowledgeable, experienced, likeminded, nonprofessional, assist, most, proficient, specialist, trained, wellinformed, adept, competent, educated, expatriate, interested, nondisabled, untrained, welltrained

enlistee, recruit

educatee, initiate, pupil, student, tiro

catechumen, entrant, fledgeling, fledgling, freshman, starter