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)
• diverted
• puttered (around)
• sported
• toyed
• teased
• 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
• disported
• skylarked

Dissimilar Words

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of dabbled

As the 2000s arrived, Potter dabbled in acting, appearing in a Foo Fighters music video, in a commercial for Canadian beer and in a production of 12 Angry Men at Conejo Players Theatre in Thousand Oaks. — Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 7 July 2026

Berner admitted that she's dabbled in some of the trends, including light therapy, but hasn't undergone a laser treatment yet. — Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 3 July 2026

Walton had found his calling in the courts and lawyers, then as now, often dabbled in politics. — Adam Van Brimmer, AJC.com, 30 June 2026

Nintendo has dabbled with skill points before, like in last year's Donkey Kong Bananza. — Jordan Minor, PC Magazine, 30 June 2026

Sade Adu dabbled in film in 1986, acting alongside David Bowie in the musical Absolute Beginners, before returning to the studio for the band’s third album. — Al Shipley, SPIN, 30 June 2026

And England have dabbled in the foreign market before with Sweden’s Sven-Goran Eriksson at the 2002 and 2006 World Cups, and Italy’s Fabio Capello in the 2010 edition. — Gregg Evans, New York Times, 28 June 2026

This isn’t the first time the chain has dabbled in Ranch sauce. — Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 24 June 2026

Bennett is concerned, for instance, that Hong could win her primary and then be defeated in November by Republican Tom Tiffany, fumbling the governorship of a swing state into the hands of a far-right Freedom Caucus member who dabbled in 2020 election conspiracy theories. — Will Lennon, ABC News, 16 June 2026