Synonyms of dabbled

dabbled

verb

past tense of dabble

as in delighted

to take part in an activity in a superficial way

She dabbled in drawing and painting but sculpture was her favorite medium.

Related Words

• delighted
• entertained
• played
• amused
• trifled
• flirted (with)
• pleased
• fiddled (around)
• hanged
• diverted
• puttered (around)
• sported
• teased
• toyed
• dawdled
• loafed
• joked
• messed around
• idled
• rested
• relaxed
• jested
• frolicked
• cavorted
• hung
• screwed around
• recreated
• slacked (off)
• romped
• lounged (around or about)
• dallied
• bummed (around)
• rollicked
• hung about
• goldbricked
• gamboled
• frisked
• gambolled
• disported
• skylarked

Dissimilar Words

• worked
• struggled
• labored
• toiled
• wrought
• sweated
• strived
• strove
• plodded
• strained
• plugged (away)
• slaved
• sweat
• drudged

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of dabbled

Never afraid of a transformation, Stone has dabbled in milky and icy blondes, and donned a long, raven-haired wig for her Oscar-winning performance in Poor Things. —Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 30 Aug. 2025

The Ohio native has even dabbled in acting, making cameos in Adam Sandler's Happy Gilmore 2 and Ryan Murphy's Grotesquerie. —Megan Cartwright, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Aug. 2025

While Fox has dabbled before in commerce, with ventures like the Fox News Shop, this new wine business represents a doubling down into lifestyle – but also something more. —Andy Meek, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025

She’s also dabbled in tennis, with Williams sharing clips of their practice sessions on Instagram. —Aya Al-Hakim, People.com, 24 Aug. 2025

Along with his comedic roles, Rogen has dabbled in drama with turns in Danny Boyle's Steve Jobs (2015) and Steven Spielberg's The Fabelmans (2022), as well as the Hulu miniseries Pam & Tommy (2022), which nabbed him Emmy nominations for acting and producing. —Allison Degrushe Published, EW.com, 23 Aug. 2025

Suddenly, however, Westover appears to be on the right side of the roster bubble after adding fullback duties, while Fotheringham has dabbled at that position and is probably the best blocker of the bunch. —Chad Graff, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2025

Nintendo has dabbled with game development software before, but those products tended to focus on relatively narrow game genres. —PC Magazine, 16 Aug. 2025

A couple of decades after his brief tenure in the Legislature, Koenitzer, who dabbled unsuccessfully in everything from brewing to land speculation, was arrested in 1912 on charges of statutory rape. —Chris Foran, jsonline.com, 6 Aug. 2025