Meanings
adjectivenonprofessional (not comparable)
alternative non-professional
- not comparableNot professional; amateur.
nounnonprofessional (plural nonprofessionals)
plural nonprofessionals · alternative non-professional
- One who is not a professional; an amateur.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivenot engaged in or related to a profession
Similar
Opposite
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 業餘 /业余
- 業餘 /业余 (yèyú)not professional
Esperanto amatora
- amatoranot professional
Finnish harrastelijamainen, harrastelija-
- harrastelijamainennot professional
- harrastelija-not professional
- amatööri-not professional
French non-professionnel, amateur
- non-professionnelnot professional
- amateurnot professional
- non-professionnelamateur
- amateuramateur
German Amateur-, Laien-
- Amateur-not professional
- Laien-not professional
- Hobby-not professional
- Freizeit-not professional
- unprofessionellnot professional
- amateurhaftnot professional
- dilettantenhaftnot professional
- laienhaftnot professional
- Amateuramateur
- Amateurinamateur
- Nichtprofessionelleramateur
- Nichtprofessionelleamateur
- Amateur-amateur
- Laien-amateur
- Freizeit-amateur
- Laieamateur
- Laiinamateur
- Nichtfachmannamateur
- Nichtfachfrauamateur
- Dilettantamateur
Greek μη επαγγελματικός
- μη επαγγελματικός (mi epangelmatikós)not professional
Hebrew חובבני
- חובבני (khovevaní)not professional
Hungarian amatőr
- amatőrnot professional
Irish amaitéarach
- amaitéarachnot professional
Māori runaruna, runaruna
- runarunanot professional
- runarunaamateur
- ringarapaamateur
Persian آماتور
- آماتور (âmâtor)not professional
Polish amatorski, nieprofesjonalny
- amatorskinot professional
- nieprofesjonalnynot professional
- niefachowynot professional
- dyletanckinot professional
- nieprofesjonalistaamateur
- niefachowiecamateur
- niespecjalistaamateur
- laikamateur
- amatoramateur
- amatorkaamateur
- dyletantamateur
- dyletantkaamateur
Portuguese amador
- amadornot professional
Romanian amator, neprofesional
- amatornot professional
- neprofesionalnot professional
Russian люби́тельский
- люби́тельский (ljubítelʹskij)not professional
Slovak neprofesionálny, amatérsky
- neprofesionálnynot professional
- amatérskynot professional
- neprofesionálamateur
- neprofesionálkaamateur
- amatéramateur
- amatérkaamateur
Thai สมัครเล่น
- สมัครเล่น (sà-màk-lên)not professional
Cite this entry
APA
nonprofessional. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonprofessional
MLA
“nonprofessional.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonprofessional. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nonprofessional,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonprofessional.
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