amateur
Someone who does an activity for fun rather than as a job.
amateur in a sentence
- Dad is an amateur who bakes brilliant cakes just for fun and has never sold a single one.
- Grandpa is a skilled amateur who has studied the stars for fifty years, never for money.
Try an 11+ style question
Verbal reasoning papers often ask about a word like this.
Which word is closest in meaning to amateur?
- Aprofessional
- Bpro
- Chobbyist
Show the answer
C: hobbyist. The other three mean the opposite of amateur.
Words that mean something similar
hobbyist
Words that mean the opposite
professional, pro
More words about thinking & learning
- ambiguous: Unclear because it could mean more than one thing.
- analyse: To study something closely, part by part.
- apparent: Easy to see or understand; clear.
- assume: To believe something is true without checking it.
- astute: Clever at understanding things and spotting what is really going on.
- attentive: Watching and listening carefully.
- authentic: Real and genuine, not fake.
- baffled: So confused that you cannot understand something at all.
More words to explore
Sitting the 11+ in Kent, Medway or Buckinghamshire?
Plain-English guides to each test, from the councils’ own pages: Kent Test · Medway Test · Bucks Secondary Transfer Test