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
Scott KirsnerWhat will happen when all those newbie politicians sit down in the swivel chair for the first time?—Geoff Clark
Geoff ClarkExamples 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
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Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 22 Feb. 2026
Fermentation is in it for the long game A process that’s no newbie, fermentation has been around for eons.
—Scott Hocker, TheWeek, 20 Feb. 2026
Leagues are held Tuesday nights and Sunday mornings alongside the newbies.
—Mark Billingsley, Sacbee.com, 20 Feb. 2026
The table is going to need an extension; the number of newbies moving into the video and podcast space only keeps climbing.
—Joy Press, Vanity Fair, 19 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for newbie
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“Newbie.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/newbie. Accessed 1 Mar. 2026.
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