Synonyms of would-be

would-be

adjective

as in inexperienced

Synonyms & Similar Words

• inexperienced
• new
• untried
• amateur
• unseasoned
• beginning
• unskilled
• untested
• green
• entry-level
• nonprofessional
• amateurish
• inexpert
• uninitiated
• untrained
• dilettantish
• fresh
• unqualified
• unprofessional
• untutored
• unprepared
• dilettante
• unschooled
• untaught
• unskillful
• jackleg
• raw
• unfinished
• incompetent
• self-taught
• primitive
• unpolished
• incapable
• untalented
• unable
• unfit
• curbstone
• crude
• talentless
• ungifted

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• skilled
• capable
• able
• competent
• talented
• gifted
• seasoned
• veteran
• skillful
• proficient
• experienced
• handsome
• accomplished
• dexterous
• dextrous
• qualified
• prepared
• taught
• practised
• knowledgeable
• initiated
• trained
• educated
• practiced
• all-round
• professional
• fitted
• habile
• schooled
• versed
• versatile
• expert
• ace
• adept
• polished
• ambidextrous
• consummate
• finished
• slick
• virtuoso
• master
• tutored
• all-around
• well-rounded
• virtuosic
• masterful
• masterly
• crackerjack

Examples of would-be in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Among the policies Harris will lay out in a speech today: $25,000 worth of down payment support for 1 million would-be homeowners, a policy that is likely popular but would drive up housing demand even more. —Courtenay Brown, Axios, 16 Aug. 2024

Meanwhile, there was little acknowledgment of the nation's gun violence scourge at the Republican National Convention last month, despite GOP presidential nominee former President Donald Trump being the victim of a would-be assassin wielding an AR-15-style rifle. —Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 16 Aug. 2024

Our titular gal was as torn as ever between her ex-boyfriend Alfie and her would-be love Gabriel as the Netflix comedy returned for Season 4. —Vlada Gelman, TVLine, 15 Aug. 2024

Although politicians in the would-be secessionist states had begrudgingly accepted the New Deal funds that promised material improvements, this money barely made it to the sparsely populated, isolated corners of the three states. —Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Aug. 2024