Definition for Dilettante:

• An admirer or lover of the fine arts; popularly, an amateur; especially, one who follows an art or a branch of knowledge, desultorily, or for amusement only.

Synonyms for Dilettante:

• adj.

  •all (adjective)
  • dilettante,
  • Sciolistic,
  • dilettanteish.
  •amateurish (adjective)
  • rookie,
  • artsy fartsy,
  • half-cocked,
  • half-baked,
  • Ungifted,
  • tenderfoot,
  • green,
  • Dabbling.
  •unfinished (adjective)
  • more unexecuted,
  • un-refined,
  • most unexecuted,
  • un perfected,
  • un fashioned,
  • more unaccomplished,
  • more dabbling,
  • more uncompleted,
  • roughhewn,
  • most uncompleted,
  • more half-done,
  • un done,
  • un adorned,
  • more roughhewn,
  • most dabbling,
  • most half-done,
  • un concluded,
  • unfulfilled,
  • most unassembled,
  • un finished,
  • in rough,
  • not done,
  • un-perfected,
  • un executed,
  • most unconcluded,
  • un-fulfilled,
  • most unfulfilled,
  • un-accomplished,
  • unadorned,
  • un assembled,
  • un-completed,
  • most unfashioned,
  • in-complete,
  • un-executed,
  • un-fashioned,
  • un-finished,
  • more halfdone,
  • most half done,
  • un refined,
  • un-adorned,
  • un fulfilled,
  • un completed,
  • un polished,
  • halfdone,
  • more unconcluded,
  • in complete,
  • un-developed,
  • un-assembled,
  • most roughhewn,
  • un accomplished,
  • more unassembled,
  • Unfashioned,
  • Unexecuted,
  • most halfdone,
  • in making,
  • most unaccomplished,
  • more half done,
  • un-concluded,
  • more unfashioned,
  • more unfulfilled.

• n.

  •
  • evangelist,
  • fan,
  • lover,
  • aficionado,
  • fanatic,
  • follower,
  • supporter,
  • man,
  • devotee,
  • enthusiast.
  •
  • ability,
  • uninitiate.
  •aesthete (noun)
  • esthete,
  • person of good taste.
  •amateur (noun)
  • dabbler,
  • neophyte,
  • abecedarian,
  • dallier,
  • novice,
  • initiate,
  • greenhorn,
  • beginner,
  • tyro,
  • trifler,
  • connoisseur,
  • nonprofessional,
  • apprentice.
  •connoisseur (noun)
  • one in to,
  • one inti.
  •dabbler (noun)
  • tinkerer,
  • potterer,
  • tinkerers,
  • study at amateur.
  •dilettante (noun)
  • sciolist,
  • superficial.
  •poet (noun)
  • Lyrist,
  • Rimer,
  • lyrists,
  • parodists,
  • Odist,
  • balladist,
  • Poetaster,
  • Rhapsodist,
  • versifier,
  • rhymer,
  • rhymester,
  • rimers,
  • librettist,
  • Metrist,
  • librettists,
  • Sonnetist,
  • poetess,
  • parodist.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • poet,
  • Smatterer.
  •
  • amateurish,
  • unprofessional.
  •
  • unskilled,
  • unskillful.

Antonyms for Dilettante:

• adj.

  • amateurish
    professional.
  • Other antonyms:
    finished, ambidextrous, ace, skillful, profound, masterful, gifted, consummate, polished, knowledgeable, masterly, tutored, prepared, handsome, slick, qualified, accomplished, competent, trained, dexterous, practiced, taught, proficient, master, versatile, expert, seasoned, well-rounded, versed, virtuoso, adept, experienced, Habile, all-around, initiated, schooled, skilled, talented, veteran, capable, crackerjack, educated, able.

Dilettante Sentence Examples:

• But certainly much of this chaplet of versicles must be regarded as late and dilettante work.

• Yet for the most part the Roman, even when he is a writer upon such subjects, carries with him the unmistakable air of the amateur or the dilettante.

Homophones for Dilettante:

• dilutant.