Alex Berenson

For chat-room tyros who expect to make their first million day-trading by age 27, paging through the Sunday newspaper with a pair of scissors just to save a couple of cents on Cheetos seems so, well, old economy.

American Author

John Gavin

When I walked through the gate, Universal quit building actors. All of a sudden, I was doing leading roles. I knew I was a tyro, but they told me to shut up and act.

American Actor

Use 'tyro' when describing someone who has not yet developed skills in a particular area.

Less Experienced

'Tyro' is neutral and does not imply criticism, unlike 'amateur', which can suggest lack of skill.

Neutral Tone

'Tyro' is somewhat formal and best used in written language or formal speech.

Formality

 without injury without problems the last thing that's remarkable about the tyro Mata is all the things that we're really talking about today all the things that we're trying to come up using all our technology and brain power to solve things like heart disease and cholesterol and cancer and crime and

Tyro

Less Experienced

Neutral Tone

Formality

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