dabblers

noun

plural of dabbler
as in amateurs
a person who regularly or occasionally engages in an activity as a pastime rather than as a profession he was a dabbler, learning the basics of many arts but mastering none

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Recent Examples of dabblers Some CEOs are using tokens to track how their teams are deploying AI, from the productive tokenmaxers overhauling their departments to the tone-deaf dabblers squandering compute on useless projects. — Diane Brady, Fortune, 20 May 2026 Not dabblers in the slave trade, tycoons of the slave trade. — Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dabblers
  1. amateurs
  2. tinkerers
  3. hobbyists
Noun
  • Unlike every other film genre, the history of horror, at least since the 1950s, is a story of amateurs stumbling in the dark.
    — Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 2 Oct. 2026
  • That group included Koivun, who just over a year ago was on the winning Walker Cup team for amateurs.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 27 Sep. 2026
Definition of amateurs
Noun
  • Volunteers, who can include enthusiastic tinkerers, bike repair gurus and experienced handymen, help repair flat tires, broken lamps and clothing.
    — Sophie Hartley, IndyStar, 3 Aug. 2026
  • In the coming months, the company plans to add more functionality and self-serve features to allow a wider range of use cases and users, eventually reaching individual tinkerers.
    — Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 21 July 2026
Definition of tinkerers
Noun
  • The best jigsaw puzzles are the ones that challenge hobbyists and are worth framing when they’re done.
    — BestReviews, Chicago Tribune, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Submissions soon began pouring in from around the world, including everyone from career number theorists to hobbyists who may have had to look up what a Galois group was, with work powered by everything from AI to stubborn human brainpower.
    — Lyndie Chiou, Scientific American, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of hobbyists

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