Antonyms for amateur
ˈæm əˌtʃʊər, -tʃər, -tər, ˌæm əˈtɜram·a·teur

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1. amateurnoun

   Synonyms:
   dilettante, bungler

2. amateurnoun

   Non-professional.

   Synonyms:
   bungler, dilettante

3. amateurnoun

   Created, done, or populated by amateurs or non-professionals.

   amateur sports

   Synonyms:
   dilettante, bungler

4. amateurnoun

   Someone who is unqualified or insufficiently skillful.

   The entire thing was built by some amateurs with screwdrivers and plywood.

   Synonyms:
   dilettante, bungler

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. amateur

   Etymologically, the amateur is one who loves, the connoisseur one who knows. In usage, the term amateur is applied to one who pursues any study or art simply from the love of it; the word carries a natural implication of superficialness, tho marked excellence is at times attained by amateurs. A connoisseur is supposed to be so thoroughly informed regarding any art or work as to be able to criticize or select intelligently and authoritatively; there are many incompetent critics, but there can not, in the true sense, be an incompetent connoisseur. The amateur practises to some extent that in regard to which he may not be well informed; the connoisseur is well informed in regard to that which he may not practise at all. A novice or tyro may be a professional; an amateur never is; the amateur may be skilled and experienced as the novice or tyro never is. Dilettante, which had originally the sense of amateur, has to some extent come to denote one who is superficial, pretentious, and affected, whether in theory or practise.

   Synonyms:
   connoisseur, critic, dilettante, novice, tyro

   Preposition:
   An amateur in art.

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Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. amateurnoun

   someone who pursues a study or sport as a pastime

   Antonyms:
   pro, professional

2. amateuradjective

   an athlete who does not play for pay

   Antonyms:
   professional, pro

3. amateur, recreational, unpaidadjective

   engaged in as a pastime

   "an amateur painter"; "gained valuable experience in amateur theatricals"; "recreational golfers"; "reading matter that is both recreational and mentally stimulating"; "unpaid extras in the documentary"

   Antonyms:
   professional, pro

   Synonyms:
   recreational, volunteer(a), inexpert, amateurish, unskilled, unpaid

4. amateurish, amateur, inexpert, unskilledadjective

   lacking professional skill or expertise

   "a very amateurish job"; "inexpert but conscientious efforts"; "an unskilled painting"

   Antonyms:
   professional, pro

   Synonyms:
   recreational, incompetent, inexpert, unskilled, unpaid, amateurish

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1. necromancer

   one who claims to reveal or influence the future through magic, especially communication with the dead; in general, a magician or wizard, witch, or even a miracle worker.

   “when the stock market began to tumble, some desperate investors resorted to necromancers for financial advice.”

   Submitted by davisrua on February 3, 2021  

2. solon

   solon means someone with authority. someone without authority means someone new or without skill, which would be an amateur.

   you can see that he doesn't know what he's doing! he's a real amateur!

   Submitted by JP03 on November 26, 2014  

How to use amateur in a sentence?

1. Joe Sakic:

   It’s a team award. We’ve got a great staff: Chris MacFarland is huge on this, we do everything together. It’s our scouts, every one of them — pro, amateur. But it’s the team, the players. They were so committed this year and the coaching staff. To me, it’s not an individual award. It’s an organizational award.

2. Draymond Green:

   Covid-19 has proven how college athletes are anything but amateur. College sports generates $ 15 billion every year for everyone except the athletes actually playing the game. It's slave labor in a downright dictatorship, i've seen firsthand just how backwards the NCAA's likeness restrictions for college athletes are and how Draymond Green and my teammates struggled to make ends meet.

3. Danielle Kang:

   I would be a good single-digit amateur on the piano, i ’m Asian ; We’re going to have a piano in the house, right !

4. Socrates:

   No citizen has a right to be an amateur in the matter of physical training… what a disgrace it is for a man to grow old without ever seeing the beauty and strength of which his body is capable.

5. Gregory Treverton:

   I worry about the combination of amateur and political, especially since he seems quite ideological.

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