Amateur and Silly

Amateur

Amateur adjective - Being such only for recreation.

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Silly and amateur are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Silly" instead an adjective "Amateur".

Silly adjective - Lacking in seriousness or maturity.

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Amateur and silly are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Amateur" instead an adjective "Silly".

Nearby Word: silliness

big	big amateur	big silly
great	great amateur	great silly

A very silly Fatty Arbuckle film called The Knockout has this as part of a long Chase Scene, after Fatty's character, an amateur boxer, pulls a gun on his opponent and chases him out of the ring.

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