amateur, recreational, unpaid
(adjective) 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”
amateurish, amateur, inexpert, unskilled
(adjective) lacking professional skill or expertise; “a very amateurish job”; “inexpert but conscientious efforts”; “an unskilled painting”
amateur
(noun) someone who pursues a study or sport as a pastime
amateur
(noun) an athlete who does not play for pay
Source: WordNet® 3.1
amateur (plural amateurs)
(now rare) A lover of something.
A person attached to a particular pursuit, study, or science as to music or painting; especially one who cultivates any study or art, from taste or attachment, without pursuing it professionally.
Someone who is unqualified or insufficiently skillful.
(person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally)
• hobbyist
(someone unqualified)
• dilettante, dabbler, punk
amateur (comparative more amateur, superlative most amateur)
Non-professional.
Created, done, or populated by amateurs or non-professionals.
Showing a lack of professionalism, experience or talent.
Source: Wiktionary
Am`a*teur", n. Etym: [F., fr. L. amator lover, fr. amare to love.]
Definition: A person attached to a particular pursuit, study, or science as to music or painting; esp. one who cultivates any study or art, from taste or attachment, without pursuing it professionally.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
2 April 2025
(adjective) secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; “covert actions by the CIA”; “covert funding for the rebels”
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
