amateur C1 Topic:Entertainment & Leisure US /ˈæ.mə.t͡ʃɚ/ UK /ˈæ.mə.tə/ See IPA manual Freq #6024 Meanings 1 noun A person who does an activity for pleasure rather than as a paid job. As an amateur, she paints in the evenings after work. 2 adj Done as a hobby rather than for money. He plays in an amateur football league on weekends. 3 adj Lacking skill or done without professional quality. The repair looked amateur, with uneven paint everywhere. 4 noun A person who lacks skill or experience at something. The whole thing was built by amateurs and fell apart in a week. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a person who does an... hobbyist 2 adj · done as a hobby rather than... unpaid 3 adj · lacking skill or done... unskilled 4 noun · a person who lacks skill or... dabblerdilettante Word family Forms amateurs Derived forms amateurishamateurismamateurizationamateurizeamateurlyamateurshipammieshamateur Related forms amateuseamatrice Common collocations amateur detective Adjective + noun Etymology AI details Borrowed from French amateur, from Latin amātor (“lover”), from amāre (“to love”). amateur French amātor Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Entertainment & Leisure External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # amateur **Type:** Word **Level:** C1 **Part of speech:** noun, adj **IPA (US):** /ˈæ.mə.t͡ʃɚ/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈæ.mə.tə/ **Frequency rank:** 6024 ## Meanings 1. A person who does an activity for pleasure rather than as a paid job. 2. Done as a hobby rather than for money. 3. Lacking skill or done without professional quality. 4. A person who lacks skill or experience at something. ## Examples - As an amateur, she paints in the evenings after work. - He plays in an amateur football league on weekends. - The repair looked amateur, with uneven paint everywhere. - The whole thing was built by amateurs and fell apart in a week. ## Derived Forms - amateurish - amateurism - amateurization - amateurize - amateurly - amateurship - ammie - shamateur ## Related Forms - amateuse - amatrice ## Roots and Affixes - Root: amateur - Root: amātor ## Etymology Borrowed from French amateur, from Latin amātor (“lover”), from amāre (“to love”). ## AI Etymology Amateur is borrowed from French amateur, from Latin amātor (“lover”), from amāre (“to love”). In present-day use, it can mean a person who does an activity for pleasure rather than as a paid job, or done as a hobby rather than for money. Derived formations include amateurish, amateurism, amateurization, amateurize, and amateurly. ## Topics - Entertainment & Leisure markdown