Choose the correct antonym of the word:- Amateur
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → Professional
An amateur is a person who takes part in an activity for pleasure, not for payment. The word can also mean someone who is not very skilled at it. Its antonym is professional.
Example: He is an amateur photographer who takes pictures only on holidays.
| Word | Meaning | Example |
|---|---|---|
| (1) Precocious | describes a child who shows abilities earlier than usual (it is about early development, not about being paid or trained) | The precocious boy was reading novels at the age of five. |
| (2) Professional (answer) | a person who does an activity as a paid job and has the training and skill for it (doing something for love and doing it as a trained, paid expert are opposites) | She played as an amateur for years before turning professional. |
| (3) Dilettante | a person who takes up an art or subject only casually, without serious study (it is close in meaning to amateur) | He is a dilettante who dabbles in painting, music and poetry. |
| (4) Perfectionist | a person who accepts nothing less than perfect work (an amateur or a professional may be one, so it is not an opposite) | Being a perfectionist, she rewrote the essay five times. |
| Synonyms of amateur: dilettante, layman, novice, hobbyist Antonyms of amateur: professional, expert, specialist, master Also asked in CUET (UG): precocious – 25-05-2026 Slot 1, 27-05-2025 Slot 1, 02-07-2023 Slot 3 dilettante – 31-05-2026 Slot 1 |