tyro C2 Topic:Describing Qualities US /ˈtaɪɹoʊ/ UK /ˈtaɪɹəʊ/ See IPA manual Freq #97647 Meanings 1 noun someone new to a field or activity Looks like I'm training the tyros in the basics of dentistry. Thesaurus Synonyms alphabetariangreenerabecedarianfledglinggreenhornuninitiate Word family Forms tyros Etymology From Latin tīrō (“young soldier, recruit”). In Medieval Latin the term was often spelt as tyro whence the English spelling is derived. tīrō Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Describing Qualities External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # tyro **Type:** Word **Level:** C2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈtaɪɹoʊ/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈtaɪɹəʊ/ **Frequency rank:** 97647 ## Meanings 1. someone new to a field or activity ## Examples - Looks like I'm training the tyros in the basics of dentistry. ## Synonyms - alphabetarian - greener - abecedarian - fledgling - greenhorn - uninitiate ## Roots and Affixes - Root: tīrō ## Etymology From Latin tīrō (“young soldier, recruit”). In Medieval Latin the term was often spelt as tyro whence the English spelling is derived. ## Topics - Describing Qualities markdown