amateur
[noun]
Synonyms: nonprofessional, dabbler, dilettante, layman

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Antonyms: expert, master, professional
Contrasted words: abecedarian, dabbler, tyro, adept, expert, virtuoso, wizard
Related Words: crank, enthusiast, faddist, infatuate, nut, zealot, aesthete, cognoscente, connoisseur, dilettante, illuminato, illuminist, beginner, greenhorn, neophyte, apprentice, novice, probationer, potterer, putterer, tinker

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

am‧a‧teur /ˈamətə, -tʃʊə, -tʃə, ˌæməˈtɜː $ ˈæmətʃʊr, -tər/ noun [countable]
[Date: 1700-1800; Language: French; Origin: Latin amator 'lover', from amare 'to love']

1. someone who does an activity just for pleasure, not as their job Antonym : professional:
a gifted amateur
Mickelson won his first major golf tournament while still an amateur.

2. informal someone who you think is not very skilled at something:
You English are a bunch of amateurs when it comes to romance.
—amateur adjective:
an amateur orchestra
amateur dramatics British English (=producing or acting in plays as an interest)
—amateurism noun [uncountable]:
well-meaning amateurism

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

amateur
noun
I. sb who does sport, etc. for pleasure, not money
ADJ. competent, gifted, talented, top | enthusiastic, keen | gentleman International affairs today are no longer for gentleman amateurs.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

amateur
II. sb who is not very good at sth
ADJ. rank, real The others had been skiing since they could walk and made her look a rank amateur.

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