sciolist

What does sciolist mean?

sciolist means "an amateur who engages in an activity without serious intentions and who pretends to have knowledge".

How many syllables are in sciolist?

sciolist has 3 syllables and divides as sci-o-list under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for sciolist?

Close synonyms include dabbler, dilettante. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is sciolist a common word?

sciolist is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for sciolist come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.