amateur

Adjective

• lacking professional skill or expertise
  • a very amateurish job
    
  • inexpert but conscientious efforts
    
  • an unskilled painting
    

• engaged in as a pastime
  • an amateur painter
    
  • gained valuable experience in amateur theatricals
    
  • recreational golfers
    
  • reading matter that is both recreational and mentally stimulating
    
  • unpaid extras in the documentary
    

Noun

• an athlete who does not play for pay

• someone who pursues a study or sport as a pastime

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  amateurish , inexpert , unskilled , recreational , unpaid
• Antonyms: 
  professional , pro