Synonyms of avocational

avocational

adjective

ˌa-və-ˈkā-sh(ə-)nəl 

as in amateur

being such only for recreation

just a bunch of avocational rockers who get together in a garage on weekends

Synonyms & Similar Words

• amateur
• nonprofessional
• inexperienced
• Sunday
• backyard
• primitive
• amateurish
• unskilled
• unprofessional
• part-time
• jackleg
• self-taught
• unschooled
• untutored
• dilettante
• weekend
• unprepared
• untrained
• untaught
• uninitiated
• naive
• inexpert
• unqualified

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of avocational

Grandma, who’s something of a healer and avocational witchbuster—Ms. — Joe Morgenstern, WSJ, 22 Oct. 2020

Bartell, an avocational drummer and former public defender, had never owned or operated a concert venue before. — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Mar. 2026

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