Synonyms for dilettante
- noun
- adjective
Most common
amateur virtuoso connoisseur dabbler tourist gentleman pleasure seeker
Definitions
- n. 1
An amateur, someone who dabbles in a field out of casual interest rather than as a profession or serious interest.
- adj. 1
Pertaining to or like a dilettante.
Related words
- Word family
- dilettantish dilettantism
- Other spellings
- dilettant
Forms
- Plural
- dilettantes → dabblers, amateurs, connoisseurs, virtuosos…
Choose the right word
Dilettante, which had originally the sense of amateur, has to some extent come to denote one who is superficial, pretentious, and affected, whether in theory or practise.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- amateur You're a professional, whereas I'm an amateur.
- virtuoso Mary is a virtuoso recorder player.
- connoisseur I am a connoisseur when it comes to change of scenery.
- tourist Chrea is a popular tourist destination in Algeria.
- gentleman He cannot be a gentleman to say such a rude thing.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| dilettante | steady | |
| amateur | steady | |
| virtuoso | steady | |
| connoisseur | steady | |
| dabbler | steady | |
| tourist | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- dab1
- 6 letters
- critic2
- 7 letters
- amateur3, tourist2, dabbler
- 8 letters
- virtuoso4, sciolist
- 9 letters
- gentleman3
- 10 letters
- sciolistic
- 11 letters
- superficial4, connoisseur3
- 12 letters
- dilettantish
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (critic2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- dilettante
- Italiano
- dilettante
- Deutsch
- Dilettant