Synonyms of tenderfoot

tenderfoot

noun

ˈten-dər-ˌfu̇t 

as in novice

a person who is just starting out in a field of activity

skateboarders who are tenderfeet will inevitably fall as they learn their first moves

Synonyms & Similar Words

• novice
• beginner
• apprentice
• newcomer
• rookie
• freshman
• greenhorn
• tyro
• neophyte
• recruit
• virgin
• fledgling
• colt
• newbie
• novitiate
• cub
• rook
• student
• abecedarian
• punk
• babe
• boot
• trainee
• amateur
• candidate
• dilettante
• learner
• dabbler
• entrant
• probationer

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• veteran
• vet
• expert
• master
• old-timer
• pro
• professional
• old hand

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of tenderfoot

Smit-McPhee plays a hapless Scottish tenderfoot who teams with Fassbender's conflicted bounty hunter to track down his true love in the American West. — and Kevin Jacobsen, EW.com, 21 June 2024

The tenderfoot Americans, with six rookies, eight guys yet to reach 30, and minimal scar tissue, won three of four foursomes in the morning to get to 9-3 and two of four fourball rounds in the afternoon to reach 11-5. — BostonGlobe.com, 25 Sep. 2021

Once upon a time, the members of a whitetail deer hunting club in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula invited a tenderfoot to their camp. — The Editors, Field & Stream, 11 Oct. 2020

But even a tenderfoot can easily corral yeast and put it to use, because yeast is everywhere. — Henry Fountain, New York Times, 7 May 2020

But like a tenderfoot scout who confidently builds a campfire only to end up burning down the forest, Kalanick’s loose management — of his staff and himself — paved the way for a cascade of embarrassing scandals by 2014. — Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2019