newbie

noun

new·​bie ˈnü-bē 

ˈnyü-

informal

: a person who has recently started a particular activity : beginner, novice, newcomer

It's true that some users—particularly newbies—fall into the Web like Alice down the rabbit hole.

—Scott Kirsner

What will happen when all those newbie politicians sit down in the swivel chair for the first time?

—Geoff Clark

Synonyms of newbie

• novice
• beginner
• newcomer
• rookie
• apprentice
• freshman

Examples of newbie in a Sentence

He is a newbie to local politics.

a newbie to woodworking, he was still trying to learn all the terms and techniques of the craft

Recent Examples on the Web

Three newbies went in there, and two of them came out with punishments. — Mckinley Franklin, HollywoodReporter, 2 Oct. 2026

Kring was well aware, too, that entering the comic-book space was something genre newbies shouldn't take lightly. — Richard Edwards, Space.com, 29 Sep. 2026

The holiday season is a boon for beauty sales — NielsenIQ reported in 2025 that nearly a quarter of annual beauty sales the year prior occurred in November and December — and Sephora is no newbie to activating around the period. — Noor Lobad, Footwear News, 25 Sep. 2026

Instead, this edition, airing Thursdays on NBC and streaming the next day on Peacock, features a cast of all reality TV newbies competing for a prize pot that could actually change their lives. — Tiffany Kelly, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Sep. 2026

Word History

Etymology

irregular from new

First Known Use

1970, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for newbie

• be
• bee
• bree
• cree
• fee
• flea
• flee
• free
• gee
• ghee
• glee
• he

Kids Definition

newbie

noun

new·​bie ˈn(y)ü-bē 

informal

: a newcomer especially to cyberspace