The point we must clarify here is that the lines between amateur and professional in sport are beginning to disappear.
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Amateur
//ˈæ.mə.t͡ʃɚ//
Synonyms for "amateur" (134 found)
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Adjective(4 words)
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2 entriesSynonyms
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6 entriesderived
13 entriesdistinct from
1 entriesis a
2 entriesrelated to
4 entriessimilar
2 entriesTranslations
205 translations across 66 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- amator noun (person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally)
Arabic
2 entries- هَاوٍ noun (person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally)
- هَاوِيَة noun (person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally)
Armenian
2 entries- սիրողական adj (created, done, or populated by amateurs or non-professional)
- սիրողական noun (person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- həvəskar noun (person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally)
Bashkir
1 entries- һәүәҫкәр noun (person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally)
Belarusian
4 entries- ама́тар noun (person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally)
- ама́тарка noun (person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally)
- ахво́тнік noun (person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally)
- ахво́тніца noun (person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally)
Bengali
1 entries- অপেশাদার noun (person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally)
Bulgarian
4 entries- аматьо́р noun (person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally)
- аматьо́рка noun (person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally)
- люби́тел noun (person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally)
- люби́телка noun (person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally)
Burmese
1 entries- အပျော်တမ်း noun (person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally)
Catalan
4 entries- aficionada noun (person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally)
- aficionat noun (person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally)
- aprenent noun (someone unqualified)
- inadaptat noun (someone unqualified)
Cherokee
1 entries- ᎠᎴᏂᏍᎩ noun (person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 不專業 /不专业 adj (showing lack of professionalism, experience or talent)
- 業餘 /业余 adj (created, done, or populated by amateurs or non-professional)
- 愛好者 /爱好者 noun (person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally)
- 業餘者 /业余者 noun (person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally)
Czech
4 entries- amatér noun (person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally)
- amatér noun (someone unqualified)
- amatérka noun (person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally)
- amatérka noun (someone unqualified)
Danish
2 entries- amatør noun (person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally)
- amatør noun (someone unqualified)
Dutch
2 entries- amateur noun (person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally)
- amateur noun (someone unqualified)
Esperanto
1 entries- amatoro noun (person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally)
Estonian
2 entries- amatöör noun (person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally)
- asjaarmastaja noun (person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally)
Finnish
4 entries- aloittelijamainen adj (showing lack of professionalism, experience or talent)
- amatööri adj (created, done, or populated by amateurs or non-professional)
- harrastaja adj (created, done, or populated by amateurs or non-professional)
- harrastelijamainen adj (showing lack of professionalism, experience or talent)
French
4 entries- amateur noun (person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally)
- amateur noun (someone unqualified)
- amateuse noun (someone unqualified)
- amatrice noun (person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally)
Georgian
4 entries- სამოყვარულო adj (showing lack of professionalism, experience or talent)
- არაპროფესიონალი noun (someone unqualified)
- დილეტანტი noun (someone unqualified)
- მოყვარული noun (person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally)
German
4 entries- amateurhaft adj (showing lack of professionalism, experience or talent)
- Amateur noun (person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally)
- Amateur noun (someone unqualified)
- Amateurin noun (person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally)
Greek
4 entries- αντιεπαγγελματικός adj (showing lack of professionalism, experience or talent)
- ερασιτεχνικός adj (showing lack of professionalism, experience or talent)
- κομπογιαννίτικος adj (showing lack of professionalism, experience or talent)
- ερασιτέχνης noun (person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally)
Hebrew
3 entries- חובבני adj (showing lack of professionalism, experience or talent)
- חוֹבְבָן noun (person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally)
- חוֹבְבָן noun (someone unqualified)
Hindi
4 entries- अनुभवहीन व्यवसायी noun (someone unqualified)
- अव्यवसायी noun (person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally)
- शौक़िया noun (person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally)
- शौकिया noun (person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally)
Hungarian
4 entries- amatőr adj (showing lack of professionalism, experience or talent)
- amatőr noun (person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally)
- amatőr noun (someone unqualified)
- dilettáns noun (someone unqualified)
Icelandic
2 entries- amatör noun (person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally)
- áhugamaður noun (person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally)
Indonesian
2 entries- amatir noun (person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally)
- amatir noun (someone unqualified)
Iranian Persian
3 entries- آماتور noun (person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally)
- غِیرْحِرْفِهای noun (person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally)
- هَوَسْکار noun (person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally)
Irish
3 entries- amaitéarach adj (showing lack of professionalism, experience or talent)
- amaitéarach noun (person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally)
- amaitéarach noun (someone unqualified)
Italian
4 entries- amateur noun (person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally)
- amatore noun (person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally)
- appassionato noun (person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally)
- dilettante noun (person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally)
Japanese
3 entries- しろうと noun (someone unqualified)
- アマ noun (person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally)
- アマチュア noun (person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally)
Kazakh
1 entries- әуесқой noun (person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally)
Khmer
1 entries- អ្នកចូលចិត្ត noun (person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally)
Korean
2 entries- 비직업 noun (person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally)
- 아마추어 noun (person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- өзөнчү noun (person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally)
Ladino
2 entries- aferrado noun (person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally)
- amator (Monastir) noun (person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally)
Latvian
1 entries- amatieris noun (person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally)
Lithuanian
1 entries- mėgėjas noun (person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally)
Macedonian
4 entries- амате́р noun (person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally)
- амате́р noun (someone unqualified)
- амате́рка noun (person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally)
- амате́рка noun (someone unqualified)
Malay
1 entries- amatur noun (person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally)
Mongolian
1 entries- сонирхогч noun (person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally)
Māori
4 entries- runaruna adj (created, done, or populated by amateurs or non-professional)
- ringarapa noun (person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally)
- ringarapa noun (someone unqualified)
- runaruna noun (person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- amator noun (person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- amatør noun (person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- amatør noun (person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally)
Pashto
1 entries- شوقي noun (person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally)
Persian
1 entries- آماتور adj (showing lack of professionalism, experience or talent)
Polish
4 entries- amatorski adj (created, done, or populated by amateurs or non-professional)
- amatorski adj (showing lack of professionalism, experience or talent)
- amator noun (person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally)
- amator noun (someone unqualified)
Portuguese
4 entries- amador adj (created, done, or populated by amateurs or non-professional)
- amador adj (showing lack of professionalism, experience or talent)
- principiante adj (showing lack of professionalism, experience or talent)
- amador noun (person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally)
Romanian
4 entries- amatoare noun (person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally)
- amatoare noun (someone unqualified)
- amator noun (person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally)
- amator noun (someone unqualified)
Russian
4 entries- дилета́нтский adj (showing lack of professionalism, experience or talent)
- дилета́нт noun (someone unqualified)
- дилета́нтка noun (someone unqualified)
- люби́тель noun (person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- amàtēr noun (person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally)
- amàtēr noun (someone unqualified)
- amàtērka noun (person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally)
- amàtērka noun (someone unqualified)
Slovak
2 entries- amatér noun (person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally)
- amatérka noun (person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally)
Slovene
4 entries- amater noun (person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally)
- amaterka noun (person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally)
- ljubitelj noun (person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally)
- ljubiteljica noun (person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally)
Spanish
4 entries- amateur noun (person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally)
- aprendiz noun (someone unqualified)
- inadaptado noun (someone unqualified)
- inexperto noun (someone unqualified)
Swedish
2 entries- amatör noun (person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally)
- amatör noun (someone unqualified)
Tajik
2 entries- ҳаваскор noun (person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally)
- ҳаводор noun (person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally)
Tatar
1 entries- һәвәскәр noun (person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally)
Thai
3 entries- สมัครเล่น adj (created, done, or populated by amateurs or non-professional)
- มือสมัครเล่น noun (person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally)
- มือสมัครเล่น noun (someone unqualified)
Turkish
4 entries- acemi adj (showing lack of professionalism, experience or talent)
- amatör adj (showing lack of professionalism, experience or talent)
- çaylak adj (showing lack of professionalism, experience or talent)
- amatör noun (person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally)
Turkmen
1 entries- höwesjeň noun (person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally)
Ukrainian
4 entries- ама́тор noun (person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally)
- ама́торка noun (person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally)
- люби́тель noun (person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally)
- люби́телька noun (person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally)
Urdu
1 entries- شَوقِیَہ noun (person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally)
Uyghur
1 entries- ھەۋەسكار noun (person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally)
Uzbek
1 entries- havaskor noun (person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally)
Vietnamese
2 entries- nghiệp dư noun (person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally)
- tài tử noun (person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally)
Sample sentences
15 total sentences available.
The amateur singer won first in the talent show hands down.
Source: tatoeba (68684)
You are a professional, but I am an amateur.
Source: tatoeba (69774)
My uncle is an amateur cricket player.
Source: tatoeba (250246)
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.