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amateurs

NOUN

casual participant

Synonyms

STRONG

abecedarian apprentice aspirant beginner dabbler dilettante greenhorn ham hopeful layperson learner neophyte novice probationer putterer recruit tenderfoot tyro

WEAK

Sunday driver bush leaguer nonprofessional

Antonyms

STRONG

expert professional

Example Sentences

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Unusually, Rai wears two gloves instead of the one which virtually everyone else across the world - professional and amateurs alike - wears for enhanced grip.

From BBC • May 18, 2026

Welcome to the age of AI hacking, in which the right prompts make amateurs into master hackers.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 5, 2026

The NBA draft—like its counterparts in the NFL and MLB—is designed to help the weakest teams, by sending the top amateurs their way to jump-start a rebuild.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 1, 2026

Some observers may have called the burglars amateurs, but a source with knowledge of the probe said they were "not such bunglers after all".

From Barron's • Jan. 19, 2026

The crier unslung and pegged the shining harp and, taking Demodokos’s hand, led him along with all the rest—Phaiakian peers, gay amateurs of the great games.

From "The Odyssey" by Homer