Cub
Cub noun - A person who is just starting out in a field of activity.
Usage example: the kind of big story that can propel a cub reporter into the stratosphere of the newspaper world
Newbie
Newbie noun - A person who is just starting out in a field of activity.
Usage example: a newbie to the Internet, he was still trying to cope with the visual clutter of cyberspace
Mutual synonyms
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Newbie or Cub. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/cub/newbie.
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