Synonyms for amateur
ˈæm əˌtʃʊər, -tʃər, -tər, ˌæm əˈtɜram·a·teur

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1. amateurnoun

   Synonyms:
   dilettante, bungler

2. amateurnoun

   Non-professional.

   Synonyms:
   bungler, dilettante

3. amateurnoun

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

   amateur sports

   Synonyms:
   dilettante, bungler

4. amateurnoun

   Someone who is unqualified or insufficiently skillful.

   The entire thing was built by some amateurs with screwdrivers and plywood.

   Synonyms:
   dilettante, bungler

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1. 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, tyro

   Preposition:
   An amateur in art.

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1. amateurnoun

   someone who pursues a study or sport as a pastime

   Antonyms:
   pro, professional

2. amateuradjective

   an athlete who does not play for pay

   Antonyms:
   professional, pro

3. amateur, 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, unpaid

   Antonyms:
   professional, pro

4. amateurish, 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, amateurish

   Antonyms:
   professional, pro

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1. amateurnoun

   Synonyms:
   virtuoso, CONNOISSEUR, DILETTANTE, critic, man of taste

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1. List of paraphrases for "amateur":

   amateurs, amateurish, dilettante, enthusiast, grass-root, fond, hobby, gamer, lover

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1. Joel H. Hildebrand:

   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.

2. Lorena Ochoa:

   It's going to be a great motivation for the new generations, this is as big as a tournament that you have in your mind — the U.S. Amateur, or the Olympics — that you dream that you want to win.

3. Mary Norine Walsh:

   It should depend on your individual risk factors and personal preference, maybe a group of younger individuals might not consider it, whereas a more middle-age group of amateur athletes might think about it more carefully.

4. Socrates:

   No citizen has a right to be an amateur in the matter of physical training… what a disgrace it is for a man to grow old without ever seeing the beauty and strength of which his body is capable.

5. Harold Taylor:

   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.