dilettante

Meaning

Noun

1. An amateur, someone who dabbles in a field out of casual interest rather than as a profession or serious interest.
2. (derogatory, sometimes) A person with a general but superficial interest in any art or a branch of knowledge.

Adj

Pertaining to or like a dilettante.

Opposite of

professional

Synonyms

amateur

dabbler

dilettantish

amateurish

sciolist

sciolistic

dilettanteish

nonprofessional

nymphomaniac

smatterer

person of fantastic taste

well-informed person

man about town

bungler

duffer

esthete

incompetent

lecher

aesthete

man of the world

Translations

dilettante

diletante

Dilettant

diletante

amateur

dilettant

dilettante

diletant

amateur

amatore

knutselaar

aficionado

dilettantisch

liefhebber

Pronounced as (IPA)

/dɪlɪˈtænti/

Etymology

From Italian dilettante, present participle of dilettare (“to delight”), from Latin dēlectāre (“to delight”).