amateur

noun

A person attached to a particular pursuit, study, science, or art (such as music or painting), especially one who cultivates any study, interest, taste, or attachment without engaging in it professionally.

Someone who is unqualified or insufficiently skillful.

(now rare) A lover of something.

adjective

Non-professional.

Showing a lack of professionalism, experience or talent.

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

Roots

amoamat- · Latin · love

Synonyms for amateur

amateurishadj inexpertadj nonprofessionaladj dilettanten dabblern unskilledadj dilettantishadj novicen beginnern avocationaladj dabster enthusiastn tyron unprofessionaladj neophyten aficionadon fanciern

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