fledgling

Meanings

Plural: fledglings

Noun

• any new participant in some activity
• young bird that has just fledged or become capable of flying
• A young bird which has just developed its flight feathers (notably wings).
• An insect that has just fledged, i.e. undergone its final moult to become an adult or imago.
• An immature, naïve or inexperienced person.

Adjective Satellite

• (of a young bird) having acquired its flight feathers
  • "a fledgling robin"
• young and inexperienced
  • "a fledgling enterprise"
  • "a fledgling skier"

Adj

• Untried or inexperienced.
• Emergent or rising.

Synonyms

callow, emerging, entrant, fledgeling, freshman, nascent, neophyte, newbie, newcomer, starter, unfledged, virginal

Related Words

hatchling, nestling

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