dabbles

The word “dabbles” has 2 syllables: dab-bles

It's pronounced as /ˈdæbəlz/


What is synonym and antonym for dabbles?

In the thesaurus, “dabbles” has 32 synonyms and 10 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for dabbles along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for dabbles

Antonyms for dabbles

  • drudges
  • labors
  • plods
  • slaves
  • strains
  • strives
  • struggles
  • sweats
  • toils
  • works

Meanings of dabbles

  • verb
    1. To make slightly wet or soiled by spattering or sprinkling a liquid (such as water, mud, or paint) on it; to bedabble.
    2. To cause splashing by moving a body part like a bill or limb in soft mud, water, etc., often playfully; to play in shallow water; to paddle.
    3. To participate or have an interest in an activity in a casual or superficial way.
    4. To interfere or meddle in; to tamper with.

Example Sentences

  • The artist dabbles in both traditional and digital mediums to express her creativity.
  • He dabbles in photography as a hobby, capturing moments of beauty in everyday life.
  • As an amateur chef, she dabbles in creating unique recipes with a mix of flavors.
  • The scientist dabbles in various research areas, exploring different scientific disciplines.
  • In his free time, he dabbles in writing short stories and poetry to fuel his imagination.

On this page you'll find 42 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to dabbles, such as: amuses, cavorts, dallies, dawdles, delights, disports, diverts.

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Related Words

dallies

dashes

  • accelerates
  • afflicts
  • agitates
  • ails
  • arrows
  • barrels
  • bathes
  • beats it
  • beelines
  • beetles
  • belts
  • bespatters
  • blasts
  • blazes
  • blows
  • bolts
  • bombs
  • bothers
  • bounds
  • bowls
  • breezes
  • bucks
  • bundles
  • burdens
  • bustles
  • buzzes
  • cannonballs
  • canters
  • careens
  • careers
  • casts
  • catapults
  • catches up
  • chases
  • chucks
  • concerns
  • courses
  • dabbles
  • darts
  • daunts
  • dejects
  • demoralizes
  • depresses
  • discomforts
  • discomposes
  • discourages
  • disheartens
  • dismays
  • dispirits
  • disquiets
  • distresses
  • disturbs
  • douses
  • dowses
  • drenches
  • drives
  • drowns
  • ejects
  • exercises
  • fast-forwards
  • fires
  • flies
  • flings
  • flips
  • flits
  • gallops
  • gets a move on
  • gets down
  • guns
  • hares
  • hastens
  • heaves
  • hies
  • highballs
  • hooks
  • humps
  • hurls
  • hurries
  • hurtles
  • hustles
  • impels
  • impregnates
  • jets
  • jogs
  • jumps
  • laps
  • launches
  • leaps
  • lets fly
  • lobs
  • lofts
  • lopes
  • makes tracks
  • motors
  • nips
  • oppresses
  • outpaces
  • outruns
  • outstrips
  • overtakes
  • passes
  • patters
  • pegs
  • pelts
  • perturbs
  • pitches
  • plashes
  • precipitates
  • projects
  • propels
  • quickens
  • races
  • rams
  • rifles
  • rips
  • rockets
  • rolls
  • runs
  • rushes
  • rustles
  • saddens
  • saturates
  • scampers
  • scoots
  • scuds
  • scuffles
  • scurries
  • scuttles
  • shags
  • shakes a leg
  • shoots
  • skips
  • slings
  • slops
  • sloshes
  • slushes
  • soaks
  • sops
  • souses
  • spatters
  • speeds
  • splashes
  • splatters
  • sprays
  • springs
  • sprinkles
  • sprints
  • spritzes
  • squirts
  • stampedes
  • steeps
  • steps
  • steps on it
  • steps out
  • streaks
  • swashes
  • tears
  • throws
  • thrusts
  • torments
  • tortures
  • tosses
  • travels
  • trips
  • trots
  • troubles
  • undoes
  • unhinges
  • unnerves
  • unsettles
  • upsets
  • washes
  • waters
  • weighs down
  • whirls
  • whisks
  • whizzes
  • worries
  • zips
  • zooms

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