What are some opposite words for amateur?
Antonyms 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.
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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"
Antonyms:
professional, proSynonyms:
recreational, volunteer(a), inexpert, amateurish, unskilled, unpaidamateurish, amateur, inexpert, unskilledadjective
lacking professional skill or expertise
"a very amateurish job"; "inexpert but conscientious efforts"; "an unskilled painting"
Antonyms:
professional, proSynonyms:
recreational, incompetent, inexpert, unskilled, unpaid, amateurish
Editors Contribution
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, 2021solon
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?
What I did as an amateur worked, so I didn't see any reason to change it.
It's really due to a deep-seated need to transition for personal reasons, it's not like they're trying to get some competitive advantage in amateur competitions.
The asteroid will be brightest while it moves through southern skies, amateur astronomers in the southern hemisphere and at low northern latitudes should be able to see this asteroid using moderate size telescopes with apertures of at least 8 inches in the nights leading up to closest approach, but they will probably need star charts to find it.
I was pretty fortunate this happened for the five years, then when Open tennis came along, and I got a chance to play in the Open ranks, I was a different player, all the amateur guys said: 'Who is this guy now? He doesn't miss too many, he doesn't make mistakes, his second service is as good as his first.'.
The invention of IQ did a great disservice to creativity in education. ... Individuality, personality, originality, are too precious to be meddled with by amateur psychiatrists whose patterns for a 'wholesome personality' are inevitably their own.
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#635 | professional | |
#779 | pro | |
#1935 | amateur |
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