amateur

  • (s) 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
    recreational, unpaid,
  • (s) lacking professional skill or expertise
    • a very amateurish job
    • inexpert but conscientious efforts
    • an unskilled painting
    amateurish, inexpert, unskilled,

Nouns

  • (n) someone who pursues a study or sport as a pastime
  • (n) an athlete who does not play for pay

Synonyms

recreational unpaid amateurish inexpert unskilled

Antonyms

pro professional

Words of close approximity

amateurish amateurishly amateurishness amateurism