Synonyms of the word

dabbler

• n. one who dabbles.

amateur

• n. (now rare) A lover of something.
• n. A person attached to a particular pursuit, study, or science as to music or painting; especially one who…
• n. Someone who is unqualified or insufficiently skillful.
• adj. Non-professional.
• adj. Created, done, or populated by amateurs or non-professionals.
• adj. Showing a lack of professionalism, experience or talent.

dilettante

• n. An amateur, someone who dabbles in a field out of casual interest rather than as a profession or serious…
• n. (sometimes offensive) A person with a general but superficial interest in any art or a branch of knowledge.
• adj. Pertaining to or like a dilettante.

duck

• v. (intransitive) To lower the head or body in order to prevent it from being struck by something.
• v. (transitive) To lower (something) into water; to thrust or plunge under liquid and suddenly withdraw.
• v. (intransitive) To go under the surface of water and immediately reappear; to plunge one's head into water…
• v. (transitive) To lower (the head) in order to prevent it from being struck by something.
• v. (intransitive) To bow.
• v. (transitive) To evade doing something.
• v. (transitive) To lower the volume of (a sound) so that other sounds in the mix can be heard more clearly.
• n. An aquatic bird of the family Anatidae, having a flat bill and webbed feet.
• n. Specifically, an adult female duck; contrasted with drake and with duckling.
• n. (uncountable) The flesh of a duck used as food.
• n. (cricket) A batsman's score of zero after getting out. (short for duck's egg, since the digit "0" is round…
• n. (slang) A playing card with the rank of two.
• n. A partly-flooded cave passage with limited air space.
• n. A building intentionally constructed in the shape of an everyday object to which it is related.
• n. A marble to be shot at with another marble (the shooter) in children's games.
• n. (US) A cairn used to mark a trail.
• n. One of the weights used to hold a spline in place for the purpose of drawing a curve.
• n. A tightly-woven cotton fabric used as sailcloth.
• n. (in the plural) Trousers made of such material.
• n. A term of endearment; pet; darling.
• n. (Midlands) Dear, mate (informal way of addressing a friend or stranger).

sciolist

• n. One who exhibits only superficial knowledge; a self-proclaimed expert with little real understanding.