Synonym: beginner, expert, professional, specialist. Similar words: alma mater, hauteur, dramatic, dramatize, a matter of, defamatory, acclamation, dramatically. Meaning: ['æmətə] 
n. 1. someone who pursues a study or sport as a pastime 2. does not play for pay. adj. 1. engaged in as a pastime 2. lacking professional skill or expertise.
n. 1. someone who pursues a study or sport as a pastime 2. does not play for pay. adj. 1. engaged in as a pastime 2. lacking professional skill or expertise. 
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31) They have been stalwarts of the local amateur dramatic society for over 30 years.
32) While being flown by a champion amateur cyclist in 1963, the plane crashed on an airfield.
33) There's a big difference between an amateur video and a slick Hollywood production.
34) Jerry is an amateur who dances because he feels like it.
35) Amateur actors often overact.
36) Amateur Photographer is published every Tuesday.
37) He is also known as an amateur painter.
38) The best amateur huntsman of his time.
39) All the good rides went to younger amateur gentlemen.
40) There are three classes; novice[sentence dictionary], amateur and professional.
41) Sometimes amateur film has a value for local history.
42) Compared to those guys, I'm an amateur.
43) Her hobbies include amateur dramatics and horse riding.
44) But how did that punch-drunk amateur do it?
45) You could also go to local amateur dramatic performances.
46) He was even polite to all his amateur partners.
47) A professional writer is an amateur who didn't quit. Richard Bach 
48) Made Ted Morgan seem like an amateur.
49) Goethe was a keen amateur geologist.
50) Presumably killers did not take kindly to amateur detectives.
51) New series providing accessible introductions for amateur gardeners.
52) I had entered the under 500 watts amateur class.
53) The senior one was a fearsome, mustachioed amateur cello player who addressed every class in a terrifying bawl.
54) An amateur photographer on the shore captured last week's clash on videotape and its revelations aroused outrage.
55) His father, also called Thomas, was a stonemason, builder and enthusiastic amateur musician.
56) These are ideal for the amateur breeder or hobbyist who overwinter fish.
57) Membership of the Society is open to anyone interested in amateur radio, whether licensed or unlicensed.
58) It was crewed by amateur sailors and one of them says adjusting to ordinary life has been difficult.
59) In 1847 Leslie became honorary secretary of the newly founded Amateur Musical Society, and from 1855 its conductor.
60) Some amateur ferreters - professionals too - are defeated by the sheer depth of a system.
More similar words: alma mater, hauteur, dramatic, dramatize, a matter of, defamatory, acclamation, dramatically, declamatory, melodramatic, as a matter of fact, mate, mater, inmate, climate, animate, teammate, intimate, material, decimate, primates, ultimate, estimate, inanimate, estimated, exanimate, maternity, ultimately, consummate, legitimate.