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dabbler

noun

1 dabbler

An amateur who engages in an activity without serious intentions and who pretends to have knowledge.

synonyms: dilettante, sciolist.

Roget 493: ignoramus, dunce; wooden spoon; no scholar.    [insulting terms for ignorant person:] (imbecility) 499 (folly) 501 moron, imbecile, idiot; fool, ... show more

Dutch: liefhebber, amateur
Polish: dyletant, laik, profan

2 dabbler

Any of numerous shallow-water ducks that feed by upending and dabbling.

synonym: dabbling duck.


Moby thesaurus: Sunday painter, abecedarian, amateur, coquet, criticaster, dabster, dallier, dilettante, dunce, flirt, fool, fribble, grammaticaster, greenhorn, greeny, half scholar, ignoramus, illiterate, illiterati, know-nothing ... show more.

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