<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>a person who is new to the circumstances, work, etc., in which they are placed; beginner; tyro: The new senator was a novice in politics.</li><li>Synonyms: neophyte, greenhorn, beginner, newcomer</li><li>a person who has been received into a religious order or congregation for a period of probation before taking vows.</li><li>Synonyms: neophyte</li><li>a person newly become a church member.</li><li>a recent convert to Christianity.</li></ul>