dilettante
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
an amateur who engages in an activity without serious intentions and who pretends to have knowledge
Types & categories
- amateur hypernym
Related & opposite
- sciolism derivation
- smatter derivation
- dilettante derivation
Sense 2 adjective
showing frivolous or superficial interest; amateurish
his dilettantish efforts at painting
Related & opposite
- sciolism derivation
- dabbler derivation
- superficial similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | sciolism |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | smatter |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | dilettante |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | amateur |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | sciolism |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | dabbler |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | superficial |