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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