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nonprofessional

adj · noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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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
  • Slovak: neprofesionálny — not professional
  • Slovak: amatérsky — not professional
  • Thai: สมัครเล่น (sà-màk-lên) — not professional
  • Armenian: սիրողական (siroġakan) — amateur
  • French: non-professionnel — amateur
  • French: amateur — amateur
  • German: Amateur — amateur
  • German: Amateurin — amateur
  • German: Nichtprofessioneller — amateur
  • German: Nichtprofessionelle — amateur
  • German: Amateur- — amateur
  • German: Laien- — amateur
  • German: Freizeit- — amateur
  • German: Laie — amateur
  • German: Laiin — amateur
  • German: Nichtfachmann — amateur
  • German: Nichtfachfrau — amateur
  • German: Dilettant — amateur
  • German: Dilettantin — amateur
  • German: Stümper — amateur
  • German: Stümperin — amateur
  • German: Murkser — amateur
  • German: Murkserin — amateur
  • German: Nichtskönner — amateur
  • German: Nichtskönnerin — amateur
  • Māori: runaruna — amateur
  • Māori: ringarapa — amateur
  • Polish: nieprofesjonalista — amateur
  • Polish: niefachowiec — amateur
  • Polish: niespecjalista — amateur
  • Polish: laik — amateur
  • Polish: amator — amateur
  • Polish: amatorka — amateur
  • Polish: dyletant — amateur
  • Polish: dyletantka — amateur
  • Slovak: neprofesionál — amateur
  • Slovak: neprofesionálka — amateur
  • Slovak: amatér — amateur
  • Slovak: amatérka — amateur