Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: newcomer
IPA transcription: [n'uk,ʌmɚ]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: newcomer, fledgling, fledgeling, starter, neophyte, freshman, newbie, entrant
    Meaning: any new participant in some activity
  • Synonyms: newcomer
    Meaning: a recent arrival; "he's a newcomer to Boston"
Usage examples
  • "All black, Babe?" the newcomer asked.
  • "I never waste time," said the newcomer, promptly.
  • She remembered again, only with the shock of hearing him address the newcomer by the name she had given.
  • The child availed herself of the permission, then gently patting the newcomer, repeated her glad cry, "Baby, pretty baby."
  • Mary Cox pulled open the door and the first newcomer popped out as though she had been clinging to the handle when The Fox made the movement.
  • As the figure of the traveler emerged from the mists, the native checked his horse to greet the newcomer with the customary salutation of the backwoods, "Howdy."
  • Mrs. Merrithew took the little newcomer to her room, had her trunks settled conveniently, and then left her to prepare for the late tea which was waiting for them all.
  • Their favorite gathering place last year had been the room occupied by Alison and Joan, and consternation reigned when the news spread that the newcomer had usurped Joan's place.
  • That is to say, he decided to vacate his present enviable position and make off with all possible speed, since he could see that an encounter with the newcomer would do him no good.
  • Then clear awake, and sending scudding the dear ghosts of the past, she sat up, and catching the indignant spaniel by the collar, looked with a queer, sudden interest at the newcomer.