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Synonyms of freshman

13 similar words

Another word for freshman is first-year student. Other synonyms of freshman are first year student, 1st year student, 1st yr student, fresher and frosh.

Synonyms and similar words for freshman

nounA person (of either sex) entering the first year of an institution, especially a high school (ninth...

  • first-year student
  • first year student
  • 1st year student
  • 1st yr student

nounMore synonyms

  • fresher BritishA first-year student at a university.
  • frosh US
  • freshie USA freshman.
  • grade nine student
  • grade 9 student
  • grade-niner
  • grade niner
  • grade seven student
  • grade 7 student

Meaning of freshman

  1. noun A person (of either sex) entering the first year of an institution, especially a high school (ninth grade for US, grade 9 for Canada, grade 7 for Philippines), a university, or legislative body.
  2. noun A novice; one in the rudiments of knowledge.

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Questions about synonyms of freshman

What is another word for freshman?
Freshman has 13 synonyms on Word.ws, such as first-year student, first year student, 1st year student, 1st yr student, fresher, frosh, freshie and grade nine student.
What does freshman mean?
Freshman means a person (of either sex) entering the first year of an institution, especially a high school (ninth grade for US, grade 9 for Canada, grade 7 for Philippines), a university, or legislative body.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: freshman (page history and authors) and the entries of the words listed. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws grouped the synonyms and antonyms by meaning and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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