<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>a person who engages in a study, sport, or other activity for pleasure rather than for financial benefit or professional reasons.</li><li>an athlete who has never competed for payment or for a monetary prize.</li><li>Synonyms: nonprofessional</li><li>a person inexperienced or unskilled in a particular activity: Hunting lions is not for amateurs.</li><li>Synonyms: novice, tyro, dilettante</li><li>a person who admires something; devotee; fan: an amateur of the cinema.</li></ul><p><strong>Adjective</strong></p><ul><li>characteristic of or engaged in by an amateur; nonprofessional: an amateur painter; amateur tennis.</li></ul>