Initiate
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
How words are described
| young | young initiate | young recruit |
| new | new initiate | new recruit |
| recent | recent initiate | recent recruit |
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- X equips makes you a recruit or initiate (depending on which set you have) and having the final level of equips makes you an Elite Commander.
Source: Outranking Your Job - After the mutants are defeated, their latest recruit, Initiate Redding, celebrates the victory by shooting in the air.
Source: Firing in the Air a Lot -
A raw recruit entered at the age of 7, made Initiate (the rank Lone Wolf has at the beginning of his first adventure) at 16, and completed his training and became a Master at 28.
Source: Improbable Age
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Recruit and Initiate. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/initiate/recruit
Initiate & Recruit. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/initiate/recruit>.
Recruit or Initiate. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/initiate/recruit.
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