abecedarian
alphabetarian
apprentice
articled clerk
ass
beginner
boot
born fool
buffoon
catechumen
clown
dabbler
debutant
dilettante
doodle
dullard
dullhead
dumbbell
dummkopf
dummy
dunce
egregious ass
entrant
figure of fun
fledgling
fool
freshman
greenhorn
greeny
idiot
ignorant
illiterate
illiterati
inductee
initiate
jackass
know-nothing
lowbrow
lunatic
middlebrow
milksop
mooncalf
moron
neophyte
new boy
newcomer
no scholar
novice
unskilled person
aliterate
aliterate person
illiterate person
nonreader
Minotaur
boor
bungler
contravention
coot
dolt
first-served
lackwit
lout
nincompoop
ninny
oaf
redcoat
sciolist
simpleton
smatterer
unpresentable
weakling
wiseacre
Amos
Seamus
Shamus
famous
mandamus
ramus
shamus
literate
scholar