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dilettanti

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Main Entry: dilettante
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: amateur

Synonyms:

abecedarian, aesthete, connoisseur, dabbler, dallier, greenhorn, nonprofessional, rookie, smatterer, tenderfoot, trifler, tyro, uninitiate

Antonyms:

professional
Main Entry: amateur
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: casual participant

Synonyms:

Sunday driver, abecedarian, apprentice, aspirant, beginner, bush leaguer, dabbler, dilettante, greenhorn, ham, hopeful, layperson, learner, neophyte, nonprofessional, novice, probationer, putterer, recruit, tenderfoot, tyro
Notes: an amateur is someone who pursues a study or sport as a pastime; a novice is someone who is new to a field or activity

Antonyms:

professional
Main Entry: bohemian
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: nonconformist

Synonyms:

artist, beatnik, dilettante, flower child, free spirit, gypsy, hippie*, iconoclast, writer
Main Entry: connoisseur
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: authority

Synonyms:

adept, aesthete, aficionado, appreciator, arbiter, bon vivant, buff*, cognoscente, critic, devotee, dilettante, epicure, expert, fan, freak*, gourmet, judge, maven*, nut*, one into, savant, specialist

Antonyms:

ignoramus
Main Entry: dabbler
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: amateur

Synonyms:

abecedarian, beginner, dilettante, loafer, nonprofessional, novice, potterer, pretender, smatterer, tinkerer, trifler, tyro, uninitiate

Antonyms:

professional
Main Entry: layperson
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: amateur person, not trained in religious or other profession

Synonyms:

believer, dilettante, follower, laic, member, neophyte, nonprofessional, novice, outsider, parishioner, proselyte, recruit, secular

Antonyms:

minister, ordained, priest, professional, reverend
Main Entry: poet
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: person who writes expressive, rhythmic verse

Synonyms:

artist, author, balladist, bard, dilettante, dramatist, librettist, lyricist, lyrist, maker, metrist, odist, parodist, poetaster, rhapsodist, rhymer, rimer, sonnetist, versifier, writer
Main Entry: aesthete
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: person having great sensitivity to beauty

Synonyms:

connoisseur, dilettante, esthete, person of good taste
Main Entry: layman
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: amateur

Synonyms:

believer, dilettante, follower, laic, lay person, member, neophyte, nonprofessional, novice, outsider, parishioner, proselyte, recruit, secular

Antonyms:

professional
Main Entry: nonprofessional
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: layperson

Synonyms:

amateur, dabbler, dilettante, laic, laity, layman, laywoman, tyro

Antonyms:

professional
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