Synonyms of amateurish

amateurish

adjective

as in amateur

lacking or showing a lack of expert skill

that's an amateurish wallpapering job—the pattern doesn't match at the seams

Synonyms & Similar Words

• amateur
• inexperienced
• unprofessional
• unskilled
• incompetent
• inexpert
• nonprofessional
• unskillful
• awkward
• dilettantish
• unfinished
• clumsy
• dilettante
• unprepared
• new
• untutored
• unpolished
• unschooled
• untrained
• flawed
• primitive
• unqualified
• untaught
• fresh
• uninitiated
• jackleg
• defective
• ham-fisted
• would-be
• crude
• ham-handed
• faulty
• self-taught
• beginning
• untalented
• heavy-handed
• untested
• unfit
• untried
• incapable
• unseasoned
• green
• curbstone
• entry-level
• unable
• talentless
• raw
• ungifted

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• professional
• adept
• competent
• expert
• capable
• skilled
• talented
• skillful
• masterful
• masterly
• virtuosic
• able
• virtuoso
• proficient
• ace
• consummate
• handsome
• dexterous
• master
• gifted
• accomplished
• experienced
• seasoned
• veteran
• prepared
• crackerjack
• knowledgeable
• taught
• qualified
• educated
• practiced
• initiated
• trained
• polished
• fitted
• versatile
• slick
• schooled
• habile
• versed
• ambidextrous
• finished
• tutored
• well-rounded
• all-around

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of amateurish

But all this was in keeping with the amateurish nature of the tournament. —Michael Cox, New York Times, 3 June 2026

What the evaluation process actually looks like A major myth says online screens are flimsy or amateurish. —Lucy Jones april 11, Miami Herald, 11 Apr. 2026

The amateurish stickup failed, fast. —Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 2 Apr. 2026

Perhaps in a previous time where Plantasia and Ernest Hood weren’t so in-demand, Freedom to Spend wouldn’t have been incentivized to dig up this amateurish set of tracks, and give it the full reissue treatment. —Sam Goldner, Pitchfork, 2 Apr. 2026

In an embarrassingly amateurish political stunt, Bianco blew the president a kiss and all but begged for an endorsement by seizing 650,000 ballots from last November’s election to determine whether they were fraudulently counted. —Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2026

The wildly amateurish performances turn the story’s tragic high points into moments of unintentional goofiness. —Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 16 Feb. 2026

At times, Epstein characterized the billionaire’s office as sloppy and amateurish, exposing him to taxes and reputational risks while making sensitive payments. —Tom Schoenberg, Fortune, 5 Feb. 2026

Bad dialogue, phoned in performances and a bafflingly amateurish script make this an easy skip on Netflix. —Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026