amateur

Meanings

Noun

• A lover of something.
• 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.
• Someone who is unqualified or insufficiently skillful.

Adjective

• Non-professional.
• Created, done, or populated by amateurs or non-professionals.
• Showing a lack of professionalism, experience or talent.

Related

Similar words

• hobbyist
• dabbler, dilettante, punk

Origin

• Borrowed from French amateur, from Latin amātōr ("lover"), from amāre.