fresher

English

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈfɹɛʃɚ/
(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈfɹɛʃə/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
Rhymes: -ɛʃə(ɹ)

Etymology 1

fresh +‎ -er (comparative suffix)

Adjective

fresher

comparative form of fresh: more fresh

Etymology 2

From a clipping of freshman +‎ -er (Oxford -er).

Noun

fresher (plural freshers)

(British) A first-year student at a university.
(India) A fresh graduate looking for his/her first job.

Usage notes

Fresher is much more commonly used than freshman in the United Kingdom.

Synonyms

(first year student): freshman (now chiefly US), frosh (US)

Hypernyms

See Thesaurus:beginner

Related terms

freshers' week

Anagrams

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