as in amateur
being such only for recreation
just a bunch of avocational rockers who get together in a garage on weekends
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Recent Examples of avocational
Again, avocational people being kind of ahead of the archaeological profession.
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Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Feb. 2024
The Club’s motto, ‘Weaving spiders, come not here,’ conveys the Club’s character and purpose as a social, avocational organization.
—Wire Services, Dallas News, 7 Apr. 2023
Scott Brady, an avocational archaeologist with the Friends of the State Archeologist (FOSA) will discuss archaeology and the history of the Pitkin Glass Works.
—Hartford Courant, 9 Sep. 2022
Grandma, who’s something of a healer and avocational witchbuster—Ms.
—Joe Morgenstern, WSJ, 22 Oct. 2020
The photograph of this magnificent specimen is credited to Paul Popenoe, a jack-of-all-trades avocational scientist, who at that time worked with his younger brother Wilson Popenoe.
—Paula Allen, ExpressNews.com, 13 June 2020
Further evidence for the connection between art and sound came from Steven J. Waller, a biochemist and avocational archaeologist from California.
—Douglas Starr, Discover Magazine, 25 Sep. 2012
Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Feb. 2024
The Club’s motto, ‘Weaving spiders, come not here,’ conveys the Club’s character and purpose as a social, avocational organization.
—Wire Services, Dallas News, 7 Apr. 2023
Scott Brady, an avocational archaeologist with the Friends of the State Archeologist (FOSA) will discuss archaeology and the history of the Pitkin Glass Works.
—Hartford Courant, 9 Sep. 2022
Grandma, who’s something of a healer and avocational witchbuster—Ms.
—Joe Morgenstern, WSJ, 22 Oct. 2020
The photograph of this magnificent specimen is credited to Paul Popenoe, a jack-of-all-trades avocational scientist, who at that time worked with his younger brother Wilson Popenoe.
—Paula Allen, ExpressNews.com, 13 June 2020
Further evidence for the connection between art and sound came from Steven J. Waller, a biochemist and avocational archaeologist from California.
—Douglas Starr, Discover Magazine, 25 Sep. 2012
Recent Examples of Synonyms for avocational
amateur
Adjective
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Well, the moon-planet-star trio are among the brightest objects in our solar system, meaning the impending conjunction should be incredibly easy to spot for even the most amateur astronomers.—
Marina Johnson,
Louisville Courier Journal,
16 Sep. 2025
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When an amateur true crime investigator arrives with the intention of tracking down the town's serial killer, the unlikely pair strike a truce to avoid being caught – and might just find a love story in their own madness.—
Madison E. Goldberg,
PEOPLE,
15 Sep. 2025
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“Avocational.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/avocational. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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