Dictionary Definition
fledgling adj
1 of a young bird just having acquired its flight
feathers; "a fledgling robin" [syn: fledgling(a),
fledgeling(a)]
2 young and inexperienced; "a fledgling
enterprise"; "a fledgling skier"; "an unfledged lawyer" [syn:
unfledged]
Noun
1 any new participant in some activity [syn:
newcomer, fledgeling, starter, neophyte, freshman, newbie, entrant]
2 young bird that has just fledged or become
capable of flying [syn: fledgeling]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
- /ˈflɛdʒlɪŋ/, /"flEdZlIN/
Adjective
Translations
inexperienced
- French: inexpérimenté
Noun
Translations
inexperienced person
- Albanian: axhami
- German: Grünschnabel
References
Extensive Definition
Fledgling or Fledglings may refer to:
- Curtiss Fledgling, a trainer aircraft
- Fergie's Fledglings, a group of Manchester United players recruited under the management of Alex Ferguson
- Fledgling (birds), a young bird that has recently left its nest but is still dependent upon parental care and feeding
- Fledgling (novel), a science fiction novel
See also
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
Young Turk, abecedarian, adolescent, alphabetarian, apprentice, arriviste, articled clerk, at
half cock, avifauna,
baby, baby bird, beginner, bird, bird of Jove, bird of Juno,
bird of Minerva, bird of night, bird of passage, bird of prey,
birdie, birdlife, birdling, birdy, boot, boy, bright young man, bub, bubba, buck, bud, buddy, cage bird, calf, callow, catechumen, catling, chick, chickling, chicky, colt, comer, cub, cygnet, deb, debutant, dewy, diving bird, dogie, dove, duckling, eagle, eaglet, entrant, ever-new, evergreen, fawn, fellow, firsthand, fish-eating bird,
flightless bird, foal,
fowl, fresh, freshman, fruit-eating bird,
fryer, fulmar, game bird, gosling, green, greenhorn, greeny, half-baked, half-cocked,
half-grown, hobbledehoy, hopeful, ignoramus, ill-digested,
immature, impubic, inductee, infant, initiate, insect-eating bird,
intact, junior, juvenal, juvenile, kid, kit, kitten, lad, laddie, lamb, lambkin, learner, litter, maiden, maidenly, manchild, master, migrant, migratory bird,
minor, modern, modern generation, modern
man, modernist,
modernizer, muchacho, neologism, neologist, neology, neonate, neophyte, neoteric, neoterism, neoterist, nest, nestling, new, new boy, new generation, new
man, newcomer, nouveau
riche, novice, novitiate, novus homo,
original, oscine bird,
owl, parvenu, passerine bird,
peacock, peafowl, peahen, perching bird, pigeon, piglet, pigling, polliwog, postulant, pristine, probationer, probationist, pubescent, pullet, pup, puppy, ratite, raw, raw recruit, recruit, rising generation,
rookie, sapling, schoolboy, sea bird,
seed-eating bird, sempervirent, shoat, shore bird, slip, songbird, sonny, sonny boy, sprig, squab, storm petrel, stormy
petrel, stripling,
swan, tadpole, teenager, teener, teenybopper, tenderfoot, trainee, tyro, unbeaten, underripe, undeveloped, unfledged, unmellowed, unripe, unseasoned, untouched, untried, untrodden, unused, upstart, vernal, virgin, virginal, wading bird, warbler, water bird, waterfowl, weaner, whelp, wildfowl, yeanling, young, young hopeful, young man,
young person, younger,
youngest, youngling, youngster, youth