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

synonyms: dabbler, dilettante.

Roget 493: ignoramus, dunce; wooden spoon; no scholar.    [insulting terms for ignorant person:] (imbecility) 499 (folly) 501 moron, imbecile, idiot; fool, jerk, nincompoop, asshole [Vulg.].    [person with superficial knowledge] dilettante, sciolist^†, smatterer, dabbler, half scholar; charlatan; wiseacre.    greenhorn, amateur etc. (dupe) 547; novice, tyro etc. (learner) 541; numskull.    lubber etc. (bungler) 701; fool etc. 501; pedant etc. 492.    ... show more

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