amateur
UK/ˈæ.mə.tə//ˈæ.mə.t͡ʃɚ/
amateur noun: a lover of something.
Noun
amateur (plural amateurs)
- A lover of something.
- he conducted extensive correspondence on wines with European suppliers, employing a wine vocabulary familiar to any modern amateur of wines.2006, John Hailman, Thomas Jefferson on Wine, University of Mississippi, published 2006, page x
- 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.
- The contest is only open to amateurs.
- You see, I'm not an official in any sense so I can't plead privilege and invoke the powers to back me. In the eyes of a jury I should be merely an interfering amateur—and there's such a thing as defamation.1934, Ernest Bramah, The Bravo of London
- Synonyms:
- hobbyist
- Someone who is unqualified or insufficiently skillful.
- The entire thing was built by some amateurs with screwdrivers and plywood.
- Synonyms:
- dabbler, dilettante, punk
Adjective
amateur (comparative more amateur, superlative most amateur)
- Non-professional.
- Created, done, or populated by amateurs or non-professionals.
- amateur sports
- Showing a lack of professionalism, experience or talent.
- Duct tape is a sure sign of amateur workmanship.
- To put that into perspective, this celebrity wedding is officially way more secure than last year’s US operation to bomb Houthi targets in Yemen, in advance of which you might recall a journalist was added to the top-level group chat by the then national security adviser. So amateur. Taylor would...2026 July 3, Marina Hyde, “The US turns 250 and Taylor Swift gets married. I think we all know which is a bigger deal”, in The Guardian, →ISSN
amateur meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
amateur in Hindi
- person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally
- शौक़िया śauqiyā, शौकिया śaukiyā, अव्यवसायी avyavsāyī
- someone unqualified
- अनुभवहीन व्यवसायी anubhavhīn vyavsāyī
amateur in Tamil
- கலைப்பிரியர், தொழில்முறைஞர் அல்லாதவர், பொழுதுபோக்குக் கலைஞன்
amateur in Marathi
- हौशी
amateur in Urdu
- person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally
- شَوقِیَہ śauqiya
More languagesFewer languages
- amateur in Bengali
- অপেশাদার opeśadar
- amateur in Telugu
- ఔత్సాహిక
- amateur in Malayalam
- കലാഭിരുചിയുളളവൻ, തൊഴിൽ ഒരു വിനോദമായി കാണുന്നവൻ
- amateur in Kannada
- ಹವ್ಯಾಸಿ, ಉತ್ಸಾಹಿ, ವಿಲಾಸಿ, ಆಸ್ಥೆಯುಳ್ಳ
- amateur in Punjabi
- ਸ਼ੁਕੀਨ, ਸ਼ੌਕੀਨੀ
- amateur in Gujarati
- કલાપ્રેમી
- amateur in Odia
- ଶୌକିଯା, ଅପେଶାଦାର
- amateur in Nepali
- शौकिया
- amateur in Pashto
- شوقي šawqí
- amateur in Arabic
- هَاوٍ hāwin, هَاوِيَة hāwiya
- amateur in Malay
- amatur
- amateur in Indonesian
- amatir
- amateur in Persian
- آماتور âmâtor
- amateur in Thai
- มือสมัครเล่น mʉʉ-sà-màk-lên, สมัครเล่น sà-màk-lên
- amateur in Vietnamese
- tài tử, nghiệp dư
- amateur in Myanmar
- အပျော်တမ်း a.pyautam:
Examples of amateur in a sentence
- An entrepreneur puts market share and profit before quality, and amateur intrinsic qualities before economical considerations.
- A timing light is a tool that only an automotive mechanic, professional or amateur, would have.
- Esperanto can make a good stepping stone language to Latin, which may be difficult for amateur linguists.
Synonyms of amateur
Forms of amateur
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | amateurs |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more amateur |
| superlative | most amateur |
Origin of amateur
Borrowed from French amateur, from Latin amātor (“lover”), from amāre (“to love”).
Words formed from amateur
Phrases with amateur
Questions about amateur
- What does amateur mean?
- Amateur means a lover of something.
- What is amateur in Hindi?
- Amateur in Hindi is शौक़िया (śauqiyā), शौकिया (śaukiyā), अव्यवसायी (avyavsāyī). See Amateur meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is amateur?
- Amateur can be a noun or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce amateur?
- Amateur is pronounced /ˈæ.mə.tə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of amateur?
- The plural of amateur is amateurs.
Words near amateur in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: amateur (page history and authors); amateur (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); amateur (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); amateur (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); amateur (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); amateur (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); amateur (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); amateur (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); amateur (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); amateur (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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