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dilettanti
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | amateur |
| Synonyms: | abecedarian, aesthete, connoisseur, dabbler, dallier, greenhorn, nonprofessional, rookie, smatterer, tenderfoot, trifler, tyro, uninitiate |
| Antonyms: | professional |
| Main Entry: | bohemian |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | nonconformist |
| Synonyms: | artist, beatnik, dilettante, flower child, free spirit, gypsy, hippie*, iconoclast, writer |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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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