Dictionary Entry
amateur
amateur is a 7-letter English word with 5 senses as noun and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
7 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 11 · 5 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
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.
- 2noun
someone who pursues a study or sport as a pastime
- 3noun
an athlete who does not play for pay
- 4adjective
engaged in as a pastime
"an amateur painter"
"gained valuable experience in amateur theatricals"
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- 5adjective
lacking professional skill or expertise
"a very amateurish job"
"inexpert but conscientious efforts"
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