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Definition/Meaning

(adjective)

relating to an activity that is not a person's primary occupation, engaging in an interest or hobby that is not a person's paid profession;

e.g. It is a concert of nonprofessional singers who live in the area.

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Similar Words

All-rounder

Amateur

Avocational

Backyard

Dabbler

Dilettante

Inexpert

Jackleg

Layman

Nonexpert

Sunday

Unprofessional

Unseasoned

Unskilled

Unskillful

Untrained

Untried

Would-be

putterer

tinkerer

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Opposite Words

Able

Accomplished

Ace

Adept

All-around

All-round

Ambidextrous

Artist

Authority

Capable

Cognoscente

Competent

Connoisseur

Crackerjack

Dab

Dexterous

Experienced

Expert

Fiend

Finished

Fitted

Geek

Gifted

Guru

Habile

Hand

Handsome

Hotshot

Jack-of-all-trades

Maestro

Master

Maven

Meister

Polished

Practiced

Prepared

Pro

Professional

Proficient

Qualified

Scholar

Shark

Skillful

Slick

Specialist

Specialized

Technical

Technician

Versatile

Versed

Veteran

Virtuoso

Well-rounded

Whiz

Wizard

Wright

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Related Words

Awkward

Beginning

Clumsy

Defective

Dilettante

Faulty

Flawed

Fresh

Green

Ham-fisted

Ham-handed

Heavy-handed

Incapable

Incompetent

Inexpert

Naive

New

Part-time

Primitive

Raw

Unable

Unfinished

Unfit

Ungifted

Uninitiated

Unpolished

Unprepared

Unprofessional

Unqualified

Unschooled

Unseasoned

Unskilled

Untalented

Untaught

Untested

Untrained

Untried

Untutored

Weekend

Would-be

talentless

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