Entry Word: amateurish

Function: adjective

Meaning: lacking or showing a lack of expert skill <thatʼs an amateurish wallpapering job—the pattern doesnʼt match at the seams>

Synonyms amateur, dilettante, inexperienced, inexpert, nonprofessional, unprofessional, unskilled, unskillful

Related Words primitive, self-taught, uninitiated, unprepared, unqualified, unschooled, untaught, untrained, untutored; clumsy, crude, defective, faulty, flawed, unfinished, unpolished; beginning, green, new, raw, unpracticed, unseasoned, untested, untried; incapable, incompetent, unable, unfit, ungifted, untalented

Near Antonyms able, accomplished, capable, competent, dexterous (also dextrous), gifted, proficient, skilled, skillful, talented; experienced, practiced (or practised), seasoned, veteran; educated, fitted, initiated, knowledgeable, prepared, qualified, schooled, taught, trained, tutored, versed; all-around (also all-round), versatile, well-rounded; finished, polished

Antonyms ace, adept, consummate, crackerjack, expert, master, masterful, masterly, professional, virtuoso