Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun freshman

2 senses of freshman

Sense 1
freshman, fresher -- (a first-year undergraduate)
       => lowerclassman, underclassman -- (an undergraduate who is not yet a senior)

Sense 2
newcomer, fledgling, fledgeling, starter, neophyte, freshman, newbie, entrant -- (any new participant in some activity)
       => novice, beginner, tyro, tiro, initiate -- (someone new to a field or activity)

Antonyms of adj freshman

1 sense of freshman

Sense 1
freshman, first-year -- (used of a person in the first year of an experience (especially in United States high school or college); "a freshman senator"; "freshman year in high school or college")

INDIRECT (VIA first) -> last -- (coming after all others in time or space or degree or being the only one remaining; "the last time I saw Paris"; "the last day of the month"; "had the last word"; "waited until the last minute"; "he raised his voice in a last supreme call"; "the last game of the season"; "down to his last nickel")

Similarity of adj freshman

1 sense of freshman

Sense 1
freshman, first-year -- (used of a person in the first year of an experience (especially in United States high school or college); "a freshman senator"; "freshman year in high school or college")
       => first (vs. last) -- (preceding all others in time or space or degree; "the first house on the right"; "the first day of spring"; "his first political race"; "her first baby"; "the first time"; "the first meetings of the new party"; "the first phase of his training")