Dictionary Definition
tenderfoot n : an inexperienced person
(especially someone inexperienced in outdoor living) [also:
tenderfeet
(pl)]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Noun
- An inexperienced person; a novice
- A newcomer to the region in the old U.S. frontier days.
- The lowest rank of Boy Scout.
Translations
novice
- Finnish: vasta-alkaja, noviisi, mopo, keltanokka
newcomer in the old US frontier days
- Finnish: arkajalka
Extensive Definition
A tenderfoot is slang for an inexperienced
person.
Tenderfoot may also refer to:
- One of the ranks in the Boy Scouts of America
- A guest at a dude ranch, also known as a "dude"
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
abecedarian, alphabetarian, apprentice, arriviste, articled clerk,
baby, beginner, boot, catechumen, colt, conscript, dabbler, deb, debutant, dilettante, draft, drafted man, draftee, dunce, emigrant, enlistee, enrollee, entrant, fledgling, fool, freshman, gate-crasher,
greenhorn, greeny, ignoramus, illiterate, illiterati, immigrant, inductee, infant, initiate, intruder, know-nothing,
learner, levy, lowbrow, middlebrow, neophyte, nestling, new arrival, new boy,
newcomer, no scholar,
novice, novitiate, novus homo,
parvenu, postulant, probationer, probationist, puddinghead, raw recruit,
recruit, rookie, selectee, settler, squatter, stowaway, trainee, tyro, unintelligentsia,
upstart