freshman Definition
fresh·man (fres̸h′mən)
noun pl. -·men-mən
- a beginner; novice
- a student in the first year of college or the ninth grade in high school
- ☆ a person in the first year, term, etc. of some enterprise a freshman in Congress
adjective
of, for, or having to do with a freshman or freshmen
freshman Synonyms
freshman
n.
freshman Usage Examples
Converse of object
contain: The Second Eight was a lively, amiable crew, which contained several freshmen.
Adjective modifier
- incoming: Geared to high school students and incoming freshman, the programs have enrolled only African-American, Hispanic, and Native-American students since their inception.
- high: Sales were modest until my son, a high school freshman, decided not to sell chocolates during his school's annual sale.
- male: Among male freshmen, the proportion was 46.4 percent.
Modifies a noun
- year: I also wrestled, from my fifth grade through to my freshman year of High School.
- class: AP scores are used for admission purposes only and not to achieve advanced standing in freshman classes.
- student: The first year, or Freshman students, who began at Richmond in Fall 2004, continue to have the profile of new approach.
- experience: Columbia, SC: National Resource Center for The Freshman Year Experience, University of South Carolina.
- course: A graduate seminar in organizational theory is far removed from a freshman biology course.
- orientation: In 1991 and 1992 both The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal published surveys of freshman orientations.
Noun used with modifier
- college: I fell a bit short, placing third, but swam faster than I had as a college freshman 37 years ago.
- operation: The crew of this Halifax were the only people to return from Operation Freshman.
- school: Sales were modest until my son, a high school freshman, decided not to sell chocolates during his school's annual sale.
Preposition: in
school: By the time he was a freshman in high school he was running 17:20.
Preposition: with
disability: Henderson, C. ( 2001 ) College freshmen with disabilities: A statistical profile.
Browse dictionary entries near freshman
- ‹ freshly
- ‹ freshet
- ‹ freshener
- ‹ freshen
- ‹ fresh pursuit
- ‹ fresh gale
- ‹ fresh breeze
- ‹ fresh
- ‹ fresco
- ‹ frequently

