adj · noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adj
Meaning 1
Not professional; amateur.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
One who is not a professional; an amateur.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
adjective
Meaning 3
not professional; not engaged in a profession or engaging in as a profession or for gain
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
the nonprofessional wives of his male colleagues
nonprofessional actors
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: professional
History
Etymology
From non- + professional.
Across languages
Translations
74 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Armenian:
սիրողական
(siroġakan)
— not professional
Bashkir:
һәүәҫкәр
(həwəśkər)
— not professional
Chinese Mandarin:
業餘 /业余
(yèyú)
— not professional
Esperanto:
amatora
— not professional
Finnish:
harrastelijamainen
— not professional
Finnish:
harrastelija-
— not professional
Finnish:
amatööri-
— not professional
French:
non-professionnel
— not professional
French:
amateur
— not professional
Georgian:
არაპროფესიონალური
(araṗropesionaluri)
— not professional
Georgian:
სამოყვარულო
(samoq̇varulo)
— not professional
German:
Amateur-
— not professional
German:
Laien-
— not professional
German:
Hobby-
— not professional
German:
Freizeit-
— not professional
German:
unprofessionell
— not professional
German:
amateurhaft
— not professional
German:
dilettantenhaft
— not professional
German:
laienhaft
— not professional
Greek:
μη επαγγελματικός
(mi epangelmatikós)
— not professional
Hebrew:
חובבני
(khovevaní)
— not professional
Hungarian:
amatőr
— not professional
Irish:
amaitéarach
— not professional
Macedonian:
амате́рски
(amatérski)
— not professional
Macedonian:
ла́ички
(láički)
— not professional
Māori:
runaruna
— not professional
Persian:
آماتور
(âmâtor)
— not professional
Polish:
amatorski
— not professional
Polish:
nieprofesjonalny
— not professional
Polish:
niefachowy
— not professional
Polish:
dyletancki
— not professional
Portuguese:
amador
— not professional
Romanian:
amator
— not professional
Romanian:
neprofesional
— not professional
Russian:
люби́тельский
(ljubítelʹskij)
— not professional