a person who takes up an art, activity, or subject merely for amusement, esp. in a desultory or superficial way; dabbler.

a lover of an art or science, esp. of a fine art.

of or pertaining to dilettantes.

adjective

professional

noun

professional

adjective

artsy fartsy , dabbling , green * , half-baked * , half-cocked , rookie , tenderfoot * , unaccomplished , ungifted , unskilled , dilettantish , nonprofessional , unprofessional , unskillful

noun

abecedarian , aesthete , connoisseur , dabbler , dallier , greenhorn * , nonprofessional , rookie , smatterer , tenderfoot * , trifler , tyro , uninitiate , admirer , amateur , dabster , superficial