What is another word for amateur?
Synonyms for amateur
ˈæm əˌtʃʊər, -tʃər, -tər, ˌæm əˈtɜram·a·teur
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Wiktionary
amateurnoun
Synonyms:
dilettante, bungleramateurnoun
Non-professional.
Synonyms:
bungler, dilettanteamateurnoun
Created, done, or populated by amateurs or non-professionals.
amateur sports
Synonyms:
dilettante, bungleramateurnoun
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 Antonyms
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, tyroPreposition:
An amateur in art.
Princeton's WordNet
amateurnoun
someone who pursues a study or sport as a pastime
Antonyms:
pro, professionalamateuradjective
an athlete who does not play for pay
Antonyms:
professional, proamateur, 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"
Synonyms:
recreational, volunteer(a), inexpert, amateurish, unskilled, unpaidAntonyms:
professional, proamateurish, amateur, inexpert, unskilledadjective
lacking professional skill or expertise
"a very amateurish job"; "inexpert but conscientious efforts"; "an unskilled painting"
Synonyms:
recreational, incompetent, inexpert, unskilled, unpaid, amateurishAntonyms:
professional, pro
Matched Categories
Dictionary of English Synonymes
amateurnoun
Synonyms:
virtuoso, CONNOISSEUR, DILETTANTE, critic, man of taste
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "amateur":
amateurs, amateurish, dilettante, enthusiast, grass-root, fond, hobby, gamer, lover
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#1935 | amateur | |
#6557 | lover | |
#6590 | recreational | |
#7152 | hobby | |
#10211 | amateurs | |
#10865 | critic | |
#12407 | enthusiast | |
#12577 | novice | |
#12984 | fond | |
#13458 | gamer | |
#13964 | unpaid | |
#24911 | incompetent | |
#35413 | unskilled | |
#36049 | connoisseur | |
#70668 | dilettante | |
#85218 | amateurish | |
#100447 | tyro | |
#249380 | bungler | |
#286358 | inexpert |
How to use amateur in a sentence?
A student is not a professional athlete. ... He is not a little politician or junior senator looking for angles ... an amateur promoter, a glad-hander, embryo Rotarian, caf-society leader, quiz kid or man about town. A student is a person who is learning to fulfill his powers and to find ways of using them in the service of mankind.
When I made the decision to come straight from Augusta it wouldn't be to just show up and walk around, I wanted to win this tournament, i've been blessed to be national champion from 16 to all ages in Spain. To round my amateur and pro career together in this way and win the last one I had to win and join that prestigious list of Spanish winners, it's hard to explain how good it feels and how satisfying it is.
Amateur astronomy clubs are throwing parties because this is what they live for - to get entire families excited about our place in the universe by seeing the mechanics of the cosmos.
I’ve always been a fighter, i was an amateur boxer in my youth and I’ve brought that fighting spirit with me to Washington. But a good fighter knows when to hang up the gloves, and for me, that time is soon approaching.
Does the little boy pulling the red 'Radio Wagon' require any category of amateur radio operator's license?
Translations for amateur
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- amatérCzech
- amatørDanish
- Amateur, amateurhaft, AmateurinGerman
- ερασιτέχνηςGreek
- amatoraEsperanto
- aficionado, amateurSpanish
- آماتورPersian
- harrastelija, harrastajamainen, harrastelijamainen, amatööri, amatöörimäinen, harrastaja, aloittelijamainenFinnish
- amateuse, amateurFrench
- חובבני, חובבןHebrew
- अनुभवहीन व्यवसायी, शौकियाHindi
- amatőrHungarian
- しろうと, アマ, アマチュアJapanese
- 아마추어Korean
- аматер, лаички, аматерскиMacedonian
- amateurDutch
- amatørNorwegian Nynorsk
- amatørNorwegian
- amator, amatorskiPolish
- amadorPortuguese
- amator, neprofesionalRomanian
- дилетантка, любитель, дилетантский, дилетант, любительница, любительскийRussian
- аматер, amaterSerbo-Croatian
- amatörSwedish
- அமெச்சூர்Tamil
- acemi, çaylak, amatörTurkish
- 业余Chinese
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