Generalist
Generalist noun - A modern scholar who is in a position to acquire more than superficial knowledge about many different interests.
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Layman and generalist are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Layman" instead a noun "Generalist".
Layman
Layman noun - A person who regularly or occasionally engages in an activity as a pastime rather than as a profession.
Usage example: the discussion about investing was geared more to the layman than to the professional investor
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- amateur and generalist
- amateur and layman
- dilettante and generalist
- dilettante and layman
- Jack-of-all-trades and generalist
- Jack-of-all-trades and layman
- dabbler and generalist
- dabbler and layman
- all-rounder and generalist
- all-rounder and layman
- tinkerer and generalist
- tinkerer and layman
- potterer and generalist
- potterer and layman
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