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Word | Dilettante |
showing frivolous or superficial interest; amateurish; his dilettantish efforts at painting / an amateur, usually in connection with the arts / An admirer or lover of the fine arts / aimless follower of the arts; amateur; dabbler / a person who cultivates an area of interest, such as the arts, without real commitment or knowledge. / a person whose interest in an art or in an area of knowledge is not very deep or serious, | |
Usage | ⇒ He was not serious in his painting; he was rather a dilettante. ⇒ You can always tell a true expert from a dilettante. ⇒ a dilettante approach to science |
Synonyms | amateur, dabbler, nonprofessional, dilettantish, connoisseur, trifler, novice, smatterer, aesthete, tyro, critic, sciolist, amateurish, dilettanteish, greenhorn, layman, rookie, unskilled, tenderfoot, virtuoso, |
Antonyms | professional, authority, expert, profound, accomplished, ace, arcane, gifted, maestro, master, masterful, masterly, skilled, virtuoso, able, accomplish, achieve, adamant, adept, adroitly, |
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