12
dilettante(noun, person, ability, amateur, ignoramus)
7
amateur(noun, person, ability, participant)
5
nonprofessional(noun, person, ability, layperson)
5
sciolist(noun, ignoramus)
5
smatterer(noun, person, ability, amateur, ignoramus)
4
novice(noun, amateur)
3
abecedarian(noun, beginner)
3
beginner(noun, amateur)
2
dabbling duck(noun, expression, idiom)
2
half scholar(expression, idiom, ignoramus)
2
tyro
2
moistener
2
splasher
1
trifler
1
dampener
1
loafer(noun, amateur)
1
potterer
1
babe
1
casual participant
1
dallier
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