Buff
Buff noun - A person with a strong and habitual liking for something.
Usage example: he's such a film buff that he owns over 3,000 movies
Dilettante and buff are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Dilettante" instead a noun "Buff".
Dilettante
Dilettante noun - A person having a knowledgeable and fine appreciation of the arts.
Usage example: she writes about art not from the point of view of an artist but from that of a committed dilettante
Buff and dilettante are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Buff" instead a noun "Dilettante".
Nearby Words: dilettantish, dilettantism
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| magical | magical buff | magical dilettante |
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Dilettante and Buff. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 27, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/buff/dilettante
Buff & Dilettante. N.p., 2016. Web. 27 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/buff/dilettante>.
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