beginner, learner, recruit, apprentice, nonprofessional, novice
Layman, dilettante.
amateur, callow, green, fresh, raw, inept
A synonym for the sport of curling would be weight lifting. Weight lifting is practiced as an amateur, professional, or Olympic sport and people around the world participate.
An amateur is a person who performs an activity for pleasure or as a hobby rather than as a means of livelihood. As an adjective, the term "amateur" means relating to activities that people perform for pleasure or as a hobby rather than as a means of livelihood.
If you are going to keep on being so amateur they are not going to hire us. Stop being so amateur!
The word 'amateur' can be both a noun and an adjective noun use- i am an amateur adjective use- an amateur athlete
We are not amateurs. We are real professionals.
The same: Amateur.
My favorite pastime is playing amateur golf.
A professional educator is one who teaches students at an advanced level. The students don't memorize the information being taught. They learn and use what they've learned to do various things in life.
The amateur painter, though new to the craft, attained almost overnight popularity and acclaim. The setting up of Oswald seems a very amateur operation.
amateur singing