Synonyms of the word

lubber

• n. a clumsy or lazy person.
• n. (nautical) an inexperienced or novice sailor; a landlubber.

beginner

• n. Someone who is just starting at something, or has only recently started.
• n. Someone who sets (or puts) something in motion.

clod

• n. A lump of something, especially of earth or clay.
• n. The ground; the earth; a spot of earth or turf.
• n. A stupid person; a dolt.
• n. Part of a shoulder of beef, or of the neck piece near the shoulder.
• v. (transitive) To pelt with clods.
• v. (transitive, Scotland) To throw violently; to hurl.
• v. To collect into clods, or into a thick mass; to coagulate; to clot.

gawk

• n. A cuckoo.
• n. A fool.
• n. A simpleton; a stupid or clumsy person.
• v. To stare or gape stupidly.
• v. To stare conspicuously.

goon

• n. A thug; a usually muscular henchman with little intelligence (also known as a 'hired goon').
• n. A fool; someone considered silly, stupid, awkward, or outlandish.
• n. (ice hockey, pejorative) An enforcer or fighter.
• n. (Britain, WWII, PoW slang) A German guard in a prisoner of war camp.
• n. (Internet slang) A member of the comedy web site Something Awful.
• n. (Australia, countable, informal) A wine flagon or cask.
• n. (Australia, uncountable, informal) Cheap or inferior cask wine.

initiate

• adj. (obsolete) Unpractised; untried; new.
• adj. (obsolete) Begun; commenced; introduced to, or instructed in, the rudiments; newly admitted.
• n. A new member of an organization.
• n. One who has been through a ceremony of initiation.
• v. (transitive) To begin; to start.
• v. To instruct in the rudiments or principles; to introduce.
• v. To confer membership on; especially, to admit to a secret order with mysterious rites or ceremonies.
• v. (intransitive) To do the first act; to perform the first rite; to take the initiative.

landlubber

• n. (nautical, pejorative) Someone unfamiliar with the sea or seamanship, especially a novice seaman.

landsman

• n. The opposite of a seaman. A person who does not go to sea, who lacks the skills of a sailor or who is…
• n. (oil and gas industry) A person who negotiates leases, contracts and other business deals between producers…
• n. A fellow Jew who comes from the same district or town, especially in Eastern Europe.
• n. Someone of a similar heritage or belief system.
• n. (obsolete, nautical) A military rank given to naval recruits.

lout

• n. A troublemaker, often violent; a rude violent person; a yob.
• n. A clownish, awkward fellow; a bumpkin.
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To treat as a lout or fool; to neglect; to disappoint.
• v. (intransitive, archaic) To bend, bow, stoop.

lummox

• n. (informal) A clumsy, stupid person; an awkward bungler.

lump

• n. Something that protrudes, sticks out, or sticks together; a cluster or blob; a mound, hill, or group.
• n. A group, set, or unit.
• n. A small, shaped mass of sugar, typically about a teaspoonful.
• n. A dull or lazy person.
• n. (informal, as plural) A beating or verbal abuse.
• n. A projection beneath the breech end of a gun barrel.
• v. To treat as a single unit; to group together.

novice

• n. A beginner; one who is not very familiar or experienced in a particular subject.
• n. (religion) A new member of a religious order accepted on a conditional basis, prior to confirmation.

oaf

• n. (pejorative) A person, especially a large male, who is clumsy or a simpleton; an idiot.
• n. (obsolete) An elf's child; a changeling left by fairies or goblins, hence, a deformed or foolish child.

stumblebum

• n. A blundering or awkward person.
• n. An inept prizefighter.
• n. A bum (homeless person).

tiro

• n. A newly recruited soldier.
• n. A novice without practical experience.

tyro

• n. A beginner; a novice.