- a person who engages in some art, science, sport, etc. for the pleasure of it rather than for money; a nonprofessional; specif., an athlete who is variously forbidden by rule to profit from athletic activity
- a person who does something without professional skill
- a person who is somewhat unskillful
Origin of amateur
French from Classical Latin amator, lover from past participle of amare, to love- of or done by an amateur or amateurs
- being an amateur or made up of amateurs
- amateurish