amateur
amateur is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 1 sense, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.A person attached to a particular pursuit, study, or science as to music or painting; esp. one who cultivates any study or art, from taste or attachment, without pursuing it professionally.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- abecedarian
- alphabetarian
- alumnus
- and
- apostle
- apprentice
- articled
- ass
- auditor
- awkward
- bad
- beginner
- blunderer
- blunderhead
- bungler
- catechumen
- chela
- class
- clerk
- clod
- coach
- college
- condisciple
- conjurer
- dauber
- debutant
- deceiver
- disciple
- duffer
- eleve
- fair
- fellow-commoner
- fire
- fish
- flat
- follower
- form
- fresh
- freshman
- fumbler
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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