Antonyms for apprenticed
| Grammar : Adj, verb |
| Spell : uh-pren-tis |
| Phonetic Transcription : əˈprɛn tɪs |
Definition of apprenticed
Origin :- c.1300, from Old French aprentiz "someone learning" (13c., Modern French apprenti, taking the older form as a plural), also as an adjective, "unskilled, inexperienced," from aprendre (Modern French apprendre) "to learn; to teach," contracted from Latin apprehendere (see apprehend). Shortened form prentice long was more usual in English.
- As in indentured : adj obligated
- As in bound : adj obligated; destined
- As in nescient : adj ignorant
- As in uninstructed : adj ignorant
- As in unscholarly : adj ignorant
- As in ignorant : adj unaware, unknowing
- As in learn : verb acquire information
- Born at Champagne, in Lorraine, of poor parents, he was first apprenticed to a pastrycook.
- Extract from : « Self-Help » by Samuel Smiles
- "You couldn't be wicked if you was apprenticed to the Old Harry for ten years, Zoeth," he said.
- Extract from : « Mary-'Gusta » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- As soon as I had passed my fourteenth birthday I was apprenticed to Madama.
- Extract from : « Lippincott's Magazine, September, 1885 » by Various
- On the completion of his studies, John Burton was apprenticed to a writer in Aberdeen.
- Extract from : « The Book-Hunter » by John Hill Burton
- In his sixteenth year he apprenticed himself to a stone-mason.
- Extract from : « The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume V. » by Various
- After a short time it was decided that Hans was to be apprenticed to a tailor.
- Extract from : « Chatterbox, 1905. » by Various
- When yet a mere child he was apprenticed to a farmer, whom he was to serve until of age.
- Extract from : « Hidden Treasures » by Harry A. Lewis
- Might he not have apprenticed both his sons to greengrocers?
- Extract from : « The Way of All Flesh » by Samuel Butler
- All circus people in those days were apprenticed, all learned their business.
- Extract from : « Watch Yourself Go By » by Al. G. Field
- He apprenticed himself to a blacksmith, learned the trade and came to Columbus.
- Extract from : « Watch Yourself Go By » by Al. G. Field
Synonyms for apprenticed
- apprentice
- apprenticed
- articled
- attain
- be taught
- be trained
- become able
- become versed
- benighted
- bent
- birdbrained
- blind to
- bound
- bounden
- brush up on
- burn midnight oil
- certain
- coerced
- commit to memory
- compelled
- con
- constrained
- contracted
- crack the books
- cram
- cretinous
- dense
- determine
- doomed
- drink in
- driven
- duty-bound
- enroll
- enslaved
- fated
- firm
- forced
- gain
- get
- get down pat
- get the hang of
- get the knack of
- grasp
- green
- grind
- having no alternative
- illiterate
- imbecilic
- imbibe
- impelled
- improve mind
- in the dark
- indentured
- inexperienced
- innocent
- insensible
- intent
- lucubrate
- made
- major in
- master
- matriculate
- memorize
- mindless
- minor in
- misinformed
- moronic
- naive
- necessitated
- nescient
- obligated
- obliged
- oblivious
- obtuse
- peruse
- pick up
- pledged
- pore over
- prepare
- pressed
- read
- receive
- required
- restrained
- review
- shallow
- soak up
- specialize in
- study
- sure
- take course
- take in
- thick
- train in
- unconscious
- unconversant
- uncultivated
- uncultured
- under compulsion
- under necessity
- uneducated
- unenlightened
- uninformed
- uninitiated
- uninstructed
- unintellectual
- unknowledgeable
- unlearned
- unlettered
- unmindful
- unread
- unschooled
- unstudious
- unsuspecting
- untaught
- untrained
- unwitting
- urged
- wade through
- witless
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