What does newcomer mean?
Newcomer means One who has recently come to a community; a recent arrival..
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/ˈnjuːkʌmə/ · noun
One who has recently come to a community; a recent arrival..
Welcome, we²l'ku²m. a. Received with gladneſs, admitted willingly, grateful[…] Welcome, we²l'ku²m. interj. A form of ſalutation uſed to a new comer.
This new-comer was a man who in any company would have seemed striking. In complexion fair, and with blue or gray eyes, he was tall as any Viking, as broad in the shoulder.
As soon as Julia returned with a constable, Timothy, who was on the point of exhaustion, prepared to give over to him gratefully. The newcomer turned out to be a powerful youngster, fully trained and eager to help, and he stripped off his tunic at once.
Americans, for example, call newcomers to Antarctica “fingies”, which comes from FNGs – a borrowed military abbreviation that means “Fucking New Guy”.
Use newcomer when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Newcomer means One who has recently come to a community; a recent arrival..
Common synonyms include comeling, newling, offcomer, newbie.
Possible antonyms include denizen, dweller, inhabitant, native.
Welcome, we²l'ku²m. a. Received with gladneſs, admitted willingly, grateful[…] Welcome, we²l'ku²m. interj. A form of ſalutation uſed to a new comer.
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