| Tyro |
| Novice |
| Amateur |
| Recruit |
| New cop |
| Newcomer |
| Neophyte |
| Greenhorn |
| Team tyro |
| Green man? |
| First-year |
| Green hand |
| New player |
| Tenderfoot. |
| New staffer |
| Raw recruit |
| First-timer |
| Team newbie |
| Mays in 1951 |
| Not a veteran |
| Green copper? |
| League newbie |
| Team newcomer |
| Recent arrival |
| Dugout newcomer |
| Freshman player |
| Sports Neophyte |
| Team tenderfoot |
| Baseball hopeful |
| Inexperienced one |
| First-year player |
| First-year athlete |
| Green Ranger, e.g. |
| New Jazz star, e.g. |
| Derek Jeter, in 1996 |
| One just breaking in |
| Bryce Harper, in 2012 |
| What each pro is once |
| Annual award recipient |
| Mays or Mantle in 1951 |
| Police department newcomer |
| Newest member of the force |
| Team prankster's target, often |
| What every ballplayer was, once |
| Man who has received “Greetings.” |