Amateur
Amateur noun - A person who regularly or occasionally engages in an activity as a pastime rather than as a profession.
Villain
Villain noun - A mean, evil, or unprincipled person.
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Synonyms for Villain
Amateur and villain are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Amateur" instead a noun "Villain".
Nearby Words: villainous, villainy
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It starred 'Wee Man' Acuña as the titular character, and Jeffrey Combs as the main villain.Eric Harper is an amateur inventor- and a recent widower.
Source: Film / Elf-Man - The movie Diggstown has this in spades, on both the heroes' and villain's sides each trying to outdo, outbribe, and outcon the other in the protagonist's series of ten fights with amateur boxers.
Source: Ordered to Cheat -
The Living Legend can run the gamut from hero to villain, truth to lie, professional to amateur.
Source: Living Legend
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