'amateur' definitions:
Definition of 'amateur'
(from WordNet)
adjective
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" [syn: amateur, recreational, unpaid]
adjective
Lacking professional skill or expertise; "a very amateurish job"; "inexpert but conscientious efforts"; "an unskilled painting" [syn: amateurish, amateur, inexpert, unskilled]
noun
Someone who pursues a study or sport as a pastime
noun
An athlete who does not play for pay [ant: pro, professional]
Synonyms of 'amateur'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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