uninitiate
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
people who have not been introduced to the mysteries of some field or activity
it diverts the attention of the uninitiate
Types & categories
- people hypernym
Related & opposite
- enlightened antonym
- uninitiate derivation
Sense 2 adjective
not initiated; deficient in relevant experience
it seemed a bizarre ceremony to uninitiated western eyes
Related & opposite
- naivete derivation
- uninitiate derivation
- inexperienced similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | enlightened |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | uninitiate |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | people |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | naivete |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | uninitiate |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | inexperienced |