Another word for amateur
amateur
modif.
nonprofessional, lay, unpaid, inexperienced, avocational, dilettantish, amateurish, unskilled, inexpert, sandlot*; see also inexperienced.
amateur
n.
nonprofessional, layman, layperson, beginner, novice, learner, dabbler, recruit, dilettante, probationer, aspirant, hopeful, tyro, abecedarian, neophyte, initiate, apprentice, do-it-yourselfer, hobbyist, putterer, freshman*, tenderfoot*, ham*, rookie*, greenhorn*, cub*, fumbler*, bungler*, clod*; see also beginner.
Antonyms veteran*, professional, expert.
amateur refers to one who does something for the pleasure of it rather than for pay and often implies a relative lack of skill; a dilettante is an amateur in the arts, usually applied disparagingly to a superficial dabbler; novice and neophyte refer to one who is a beginner, hence inexperienced, in some activity, neophyte carrying additional connotations of youthful enthusiasm; tyro refers to an inexperienced but self-assertive beginner and generally connotes incompetence
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Another word for amateur
One lacking professional skill and ease in a particular pursuit:
dabbler, dilettante, nonprofessional, smatterer, uninitiate. See ability
MLA Style
"amateur." YourDictionary, n.d. Web. 05 December 2018. <https://thesaurus.yourdictionary.com/amateur>.
APA Style
amateur. (n.d.). Retrieved December 05th, 2018, from https://thesaurus.yourdictionary.com/amateur
