Dabbler

/ˈdæbələ(ɹ)/

Synonyms for "dabbler" (50 found)

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Closest matches (10)

Noun(3 words)

dilettante amateurdabbling duck

abecedarian amateur coquet criticaster dabster dallier dilettante

Strong matches (15)

Noun(4 words)

dilettantes dilettanti experimenter hobbyist

dunce flirt fool fribble grammaticaster greenhorn greenyhalf scholarignoramus illiterate illiterati

Related words (25)

know nothingknow-nothing lowbrow middlebrowno scholarnonplus nonprofessional philologaster philosophaster piddler potterer puddinghead putterer sciolist smatterersunday paintertenderfoot trifler tyro unintelligentsia

Noun(5 words)

poseur sciolist snob splasher triflers

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More general

8 entries

amateur duck human label participant pejorative person term

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9 entries

art dabblercultured posedilettismfield samplerliterary dabblermethods testerposeur imagescience dabblertopic hopper

Collocations

6 entries

academic dabblerart dabblerdabbler labeldabbler mentalitydabbler personadabbler stereotype

Inflections

1 entries

Derivations

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Sample sentences

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Marissa was just a dabbler when it came to writing: she blogged a little, but had never submitted any work to a serious publication.

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