Autodidactic
Autodidactic adjective - Having skills or knowledge acquired through one's own efforts without formal training.
Usage example: an autodidactic painter, John Singleton Copley learned his craft from books purchased from England
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Amateur and autodidactic are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Amateur" instead an adjective "Autodidactic".
Amateur
Amateur adjective - Being such only for recreation.
Autodidactic and amateur are semantically related. You can use "Autodidactic" instead an adjective "Amateur".
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