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Definitions for Amateur
[1] a person who engages in a study, sport, or other activity for pleasure rather than for financial benefit or professional reasons. Compare professional.
[2] an athlete who has never competed for payment or for a monetary prize.
[3] a person inexperienced or unskilled in a particular activity: Hunting lions is not for amateurs.
[4] a person who admires something; devotee; fan: an amateur of the cinema.
[5] characteristic of or engaged in by an amateur; nonprofessional: an amateur painter; amateur tennis.
[6] a person who engages in an activity, esp a sport, as a pastime rather than professionally or for gain
[7] an athlete or sportsman
[8] a person unskilled in or having only a superficial knowledge of a subject or activity
[9] a person who is fond of or admires something
[10] (modifier) consisting of or for amateurs an amateur event
[11] amateurish; not professional or expert an amateur approach
Words related to Amateur
dilettante, tenderfoot, ham, beginner, learner, novice, recruit, neophyte, hopeful, aspirant, abecedarian, layperson, dabbler, greenhorn, tyro, apprentice, probationer, nonprofessional
Words nearby Amateur
amastia, amastigote, amata, amate, amaterasu, amateur, amateur night, amateurish, amateurism, amathi, amati
Origin of Amateur
1775–85; < French, Middle French < Latin amātor lover, equivalent to amā- (stem of amāre to love) + -tor -tor, replaced by French -teur (< Latin -tōr-, oblique stem of -tor ); see -eur
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Other words from Amateur
pro·am·a·teur , adjective
Word origin for Amateur
C18: from French, from Latin amātor lover, from amāre to love
Synonyms for Amateur
abecedarian, apprentice, aspirant, beginner, dabbler, dilettante, greenhorn, ham, hopeful, layperson, learner, neophyte, novice, probationer, putterer, recruit, tenderfoot, tyro, Sunday driver, bush leaguer, nonprofessional