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dabbler

/ˈdæbələ(ɹ)/

dabbler noun: one who dabbles.

Noun

dabbler (plural dabblers)

  1. One who dabbles.
    • Marissa was just a dabbler when it came to writing: she blogged a little, but had never submitted any work to a serious publication.
    Synonyms:
    amateur, dilettante
  2. A dabbling duck.

dabbler meaning in Malayalam

dabbler in Malayalam

dilettante, amateur, layman
പലവിഷയങ്ങളിൽ പ്രവർത്തിക്കുന്നവൻ, വിദ്യാതത്പരൻ, ലളിതകലാഭിമാനി, അവിദഗ്ദ്ധൻ, സാധാരണക്കാരൻ, അവിദഗ്ദ്ധനായ പണിക്കാരൻ

Synonyms of dabbler

Antonyms

Forms of dabbler

pluraldabblers

Origin of dabbler

From dabble + -er.

Questions about dabbler

What does dabbler mean?
Dabbler means one who dabbles.
What is dabbler in Malayalam?
Dabbler in Malayalam is പലവിഷയങ്ങളിൽ പ്രവർത്തിക്കുന്നവൻ, വിദ്യാതത്പരൻ, ലളിതകലാഭിമാനി. See Dabbler meaning in Malayalam.
What part of speech is dabbler?
Dabbler is a noun.
How do you pronounce dabbler?
Dabbler is pronounced /ˈdæbələ(ɹ)/.
What is the plural of dabbler?
The plural of dabbler is dabblers.

Words near dabbler in the dictionary

  1. dabbity
  2. dabble
  3. dabbled
  4. dabblement
  5. dabblements
  6. dabbler
  7. dabblers
  8. dabbles
  9. dabblesome
  10. dabbling
  11. dabbling duck

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Adapted from Wiktionary: dabbler (page history and authors); dabbler (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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