About The Word Amateur
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Amateur
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What's The Definition Of Amateur?
[n] someone who pursues a study or sport as a pastime
[n] does not play for pay [adj] 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" [adj] lacking professional skill or expertise; "a very amateurish job"; "inexpert but conscientious efforts"; "an unskilled painting" Synonyms | Synonyms for Amateur: amateurish | inexpert | nonprofessional | recreational | unpaid | unprofessional | unskilled Related Terms | Find terms related to Amateur: abecedarian | admirer | aesthete | aficionado | amateurish | apprentice | arbiter | arbiter elegantiarum | arbiter of taste | authority | avocational | beginner | bon vivant | booster | buff | bungler | bungling | clumsy | cognoscente | collector | connaisseur | connoisseur | coquet | crank | critic | criticaster | crude | dabbler | dabbling | dabster | dallier | devotee | dilettante | dilettantish | enthusiast | epicure | epicurean | expert | faddist | fan | fancier | flirt | follower | freak | fribble | good judge | gourmand | gourmet | grammaticaster | greenhorn | groupie | half scholar | half-assed | half-baked | half-cocked | idolater | idolizer | immature | inexpert | infatuate | inferior | judge | lay | layman | maven | mediocre | neophyte | nonprofessional | novice | nut | philologaster | philosophaster | piddler | potterer | probationer | pundit | putterer | refined palate | rooter | savant | scholar | sciolist | sciolistic | second-rate | shallow | smatterer | smattering | sophomoric | specialist | Sunday painter | superficial | technical expert | technician | tinker | trifler | tyro | unpaid | unprofessional | unskilled | untrained | virtuoso | votary | worshiper | zealot See Also | athlete | bird watcher | birder | dabbler | dilettante | hobbyist | human | individual | jock | mortal | outdoor man | person | sciolist | somebody | someone | soul | sporting man Amateur In Webster's Dictionary \Am`a*teur"\, n. [F., fr. L. amator lover, fr. amare to
love.]
A person attached to a particular pursuit, study, or science
as to music or painting; esp. one who cultivates any study or
art, from taste or attachment, without pursuing it
professionally.
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