Amateur and Magician

Opposite meaning words

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

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Magician is an antonym for amateur.

Magician noun - A person skilled in using supernatural forces.

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Amateur is an antonym for magician in person who performs supernatural topic.

Nearby Words: magic, magical, magically

better	better amateur	better magician
obvious	obvious amateur	obvious magician
real	real amateur	real magician
talented	talented amateur	talented magician
Other adjectives: ancient, professional, competent, teenage.

The story follows washed-up magician and amateur detective, Edward Moon, as well his companion, The Somnambulist, on their journey to solve their first truly big case in quite some time.

Source: Literature / The Somnambulist
Banacek: In "Now You See Me, Now You Don't", Banacek investigates when an amateur stage magician literally disappears during the middle of his vanishing act.

Source: Stage Magician
Robert Angier and Alfred Borden are both amateur magicians working fairly amicably as audience plants for another magician.

Source: Rival Turned Evil

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