dilettante
nounHow many syllables in dilettante?
There are 4 syllables in the word dilettante.How to pronounce dilettante:
Definition of dilettante:
- dilettante (noun):
- a person whose interest in a subject is superficial rather than serious
- a person having a superficial interest in an art or a branch of knowledge dabbler
- noun. an amateur who engages in an activity without serious intentions and who pretends to have knowledge.
Synonyms for dilettante:
aesthete
amateur
dabbler
nonprofessional
sciolist
trifler
Antonyms for dilettante:
ace
adept
aficionado
alpha geek
artist
authority
boffin
buff
cognoscente
connoisseur
consultant
crackajack
crackerjack
craftsman
dab hand
demon
doyen
expert
exponent
fancier
fiend
fundi
geek
genius
guru
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Here are some other common 4-syllable words.
- superficial
- overwritten
- impermanent
- ululating
- effusively
- demoralize
- jeopardise
- indicating
- coordination
- titillating
- redoubtable
- appetising
- shareholder
- decisiveness
- Lothario
- silver-tongued
- journalism
- italica
- inordinate
- disrespected
- commandeer
- reputations
- prioritise
- unrelenting
- precipitous
- tribulations
- miromiro
- laypeople
- denotation
- vacuum cleaner
- likeliest
- well-supported
- unrewarding
- Leonidas
- enormously
- omeprazole
- hectoliter
- unrespected
- architecture
- abnegation
- Amadeo
- nugatory
- carabiner
- awe-inspiring
- annihilate
- Rogelio
- exuberant
- unpleasantly
- benaiah
- reappearance
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