All dilettante synonyms
dil·et·tante
D d noun dilettante
- connoisseur — A connoisseur is someone who knows a lot about the arts, food, drink, or some other subject.
- abecedarian — a person who is learning the alphabet or the rudiments of a subject
- initiate — to begin, set going, or originate: to initiate major social reforms.
- dabbler — to play and splash in or as if in water, especially with the hands.
- aesthete — An aesthete is someone who loves and appreciates works of art and beautiful things.
- tyro — a beginner in learning anything; novice.
- greenhorn — an untrained or inexperienced person.
- trifler — an article or thing of very little value.
- dallied — to waste time; loiter; delay.
- nonprofessional — not a member of or trained in a specific profession.
- amateur — An amateur is someone who does something as a hobby and not as a job.
- neophyte — a beginner or novice: He's a neophyte at chess.
- novice — a person who is new to the circumstances, work, etc., in which he or she is placed; beginner; tyro: a novice in politics.
- dallier — One who dallies; a procrastinator.
adj dilettante
- tenderfoot — a raw, inexperienced person; novice.
- green — of the color of growing foliage, between yellow and blue in the spectrum: green leaves.
- rookie — an athlete playing his or her first season as a member of a professional sports team: The rookie replaced the injured regular at first base.
- half-baked — insufficiently cooked.
- unskilled — of or relating to workers who lack technical training or skill.
- dabbling — the fact of being involved in an activity in a frivolous or superficial way
- half-cocked — (of a firearm) at the position of half cock.
- unaccomplished — not accomplished; incomplete or not carried out: Many tasks remain unaccomplished.
- gifted — having great special talent or ability: the debut of a gifted artist.
adjective dilettante
- amateurish — If you describe something as amateurish, you think that it is not skilfully made or done.