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/ˈnɒvɪs/ · noun
A beginner; one who is not very familiar or experienced in a particular subject..
I'm only a novice at coding, and my programs frequently have bugs that more experienced programmers would avoid.
Nor had it been difficult to find a Coptic priest who, together with his youthful novice, chanted the seemingly interminable Egyptian service of the dead […]
Use novice when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Novice means A beginner; one who is not very familiar or experienced in a particular subject..
Common synonyms include amateur, greenhorn, learner, neophyte.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
I'm only a novice at coding, and my programs frequently have bugs that more experienced programmers would avoid.
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