unskilled

Synonyms

amateur, amateurish, dilettante, dilettantish, inexperienced, inexpert, jackleg, nonprofessional, unprofessional, unskillful;

Antonyms

ace, adept, consummate, crackerjack, expert, master, masterful, masterly, professional, virtuosic, virtuoso;

Near Antonyms

able, accomplished, capable, competent, dexterous (also dextrous), gifted, handsome, proficient, skilled, skillful, talented;

experienced, practiced (also practised), seasoned, veteran;

educated, fitted, initiated, knowledgeable, prepared, qualified, schooled, taught, trained, tutored, versed;

all-around (also all-round), ambidextrous, versatile, well-rounded;

finished, polished, slick;

Related Words

curbstone, self-taught, uninitiated, unprepared, unqualified, unschooled, untaught, untrained, untutored;

awkward, clumsy, ham-fisted, ham-handed, heavy-handed;

crude, defective, faulty, flawed, primitive, unfinished, unpolished;

beginning, entry-level, fresh, green, new, raw, unseasoned, untested, untried, would-be;

incapable, incompetent, talentless, unable, unfit, ungifted, untalented;