Synonyms of dabbling

dabbling 1 of 2

adjective

as in entertaining

Synonyms & Similar Words

• entertaining
• goofy
• fun
• frivolous
• amusing
• silly
• trifling
• enjoyable
• pleasurable
• diverting
• delightful
• joking
• roguish
• pleasing
• impish
• teasing
• pleasant
• mischievous
• frolic
• merry
• devilish
• spirited
• pixie
• whimsical
• prankish
• spunky
• lively
• jocular
• rascally
• lighthearted
• energetic
• vivacious
• knavish
• playful
• pixy
• sprightly
• coy
• jesting
• jocose
• rollicking
• frisky
• frolicsome
• happy
• jocund
• sportive
• antic
• gay
• kittenish
• larky
• elfish
• coltish
• sportful
• fay

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• earnest
• responsible
• serious
• sober
• dutiful
• serious-minded
• stern
• grave
• grim
• sombre
• solemn
• sobersided
• somber
• stolid
• formal
• proper
• inhibited
• starchy
• restrained
• staid
• stuffy
• priggish
• sedate
• decorous
• guarded
• no-nonsense

dabbling

2 of 2

verb

present participle of dabble

as in delighting

to take part in an activity in a superficial way

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• delighting
• entertaining
• playing
• amusing
• trifling
• flirting (with)
• fiddling (around)
• diverting
• pleasing
• loafing
• puttering (around)
• idling
• sporting
• resting
• dawdling
• toying
• teasing
• messing around
• relaxing
• frolicking
• joking
• hanging
• cavorting
• recreating
• jesting
• screwing around
• lounging (around or about)
• romping
• rollicking
• slacking (off)
• hanging about
• goldbricking
• frisking
• bumming (around)
• dallying
• disporting
• skylarking
• gamboling
• gambolling

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• working
• struggling
• striving
• laboring
• toiling
• plodding
• sweating
• straining
• plugging (away)
• slaving
• drudging