Amateur and Genius

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Amateur noun - A person who regularly or occasionally engages in an activity as a pastime rather than as a profession.

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Genius is an antonym for amateur.

Genius noun - A very smart person.

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Amateur is an antonym for genius in gift of high intellect topic.

Nearby Words: genial, geniality, genie

complete	complete amateur	complete genius
total	total amateur	total genius
big	big amateur	big genius
great	great amateur	great genius
Other adjectives: absolute, teenage.

It is loosely based on a book by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle called Lucifer's Hammer.The plot is roughly divided into these plot-lines: A Teen Genius and amateur astronomer who discovers what turns out to be a previously unknown comet.

Source: Film / Deep Impact
Usopp, an amateur Gadgeteer Genius, has also built various weapons for himself and a Weather-Control Machine for Nami with the specific intent of using their brains over their brawn to win battles.

Source: Weak, but Skilled
In Amateur Surgeon: Christmas Edition, moronic surgical genius Alan Probe accidentally flies his private jet right into Santa Claus' sleigh, and one of the reindeer is ground up in one of the turbines, causing him to crash.

Source: Turbine Blender

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