uninitiate

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noun

Synonym of noninitiate.

Similar
noninitiateuninitiatednaiveinexperiencedinexperient
Opposite
initiate
OriginEnglish initiate ← Middle English un- ← Old English un- →
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Meanings

noununinitiate (plural uninitiates)

plural uninitiates

  1. Synonym of noninitiate.

    This mystery was too sacred to be imparted to uninitiates.

    1907, Alfred Cort Haddon, “The Religion of the Torres Straits Islanders”, in Anthropological Essays presented to E. B. Tylor

    Synonyms: noninitiate

Synonyms & antonyms

nounSynonym of noninitiate.

Similar
noninitiate

More synonyms by meaning

adjectivenot initiated; deficient in relevant experience

Similar
uninitiatednaiveinexperiencedinexperient

nounpeople who have not been introduced to the mysteries of some field or activity

Opposite
initiate
Broader
people
Also see
exotericinexperiencednaivenoninitiateuninitiated

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Germanic*un-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*un-
  5. Old Englishun-
  6. Middle Englishun-
  7. Englishun-
  8. Englishinitiate
  9. Englishuninitiate

From un- + initiate.

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APA

uninitiate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uninitiate

MLA

“uninitiate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uninitiate. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “uninitiate,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uninitiate.

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