Amateur
Amateur adjective - Being such only for recreation.
Usage example: an amateur cabinetmaker, he derives immense satisfaction from finely crafting his own furniture
Backyard
Backyard adjective - Being such only for recreation.
Usage example: an orchid that is a favorite with backyard horticulturists
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Synonyms for Backyard
Amateur and backyard are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Amateur" instead an adjective "Backyard".
Nearby Word: back
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- green and amateur
- green and backyard
- naive and amateur
- naive and backyard
- inexpert and amateur
- inexpert and backyard
- untrained and amateur
- untrained and backyard
- untutored and amateur
- untutored and backyard
- unqualified and amateur
- unqualified and backyard
- inexperienced and amateur
- inexperienced and backyard
Both words in one sentence
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Additionally, the amateur photo that appears when you go to download the teaser was a photograph of an employee's backyard.
Source: Video Game / Silent Hills - He also implies that most Canadian music is amateur work produced in someone's backyard shed, and Canadian radio stations (by law) have to play it, since they can't play Rush 6 times an hour.
Source: Web Video / A Dose Of Buckley -
Powell, having developed an interest in amateur astronomy, standing in his backyard at night and looking at the constellation Lyra through a telescope, wondering... The Stoic: prot is universally calm and collected.
Source: Film / K-PAX
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