amateur
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
someone who pursues a study or sport as a pastime
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- amateur derivation
Sense 2 adjective
engaged in as a pastime
an amateur painter
Related & opposite
- amateur derivation
- amateur derivation
- nonprofessional similar to
Sense 3 noun
an athlete who does not play for pay
Types & categories
- jock hypernym
- outdoor man hyponym
Related & opposite
- pro antonym
- amateur derivation
- amateurish derivation
Sense 4 adjective
lacking professional skill or expertise
a very amateurish job
Related & opposite
- amateurishness derivation
- amateur derivation
- unprofessional similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | amateur |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | person |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | birder |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | dabbler |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | hobbyist |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | amateur |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | amateur |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | nonprofessional |
| 3 | antonym | Related & opposite | pro |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | amateur |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | amateurish |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | jock |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | outdoor man |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | amateurishness |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | amateur |
| 4 | similar to | Related & opposite | unprofessional |