Smatter — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

work with in an amateurish manner

to talk foolishly

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/smˈæɾɚ/

🇬🇧British English

/smˈatə/

🇮🇳Indian English

/smˈatə/

2 syllables Say it as /smˈæɾɚ/.

Examples

She dabbles in astronomy
He plays around with investments but he never makes any money
The two women babbled and crooned at the baby

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

blather blether babble blither play around dabble

Parts of Speech

verb	work with in an amateurish manner “She dabbles in astronomy”
verb	to talk foolishly “The two women babbled and crooned at the baby”
verb	speak with spotty or superficial knowledge “She smatters Russian”

Word Forms

dabbler	noun	an amateur who engages in an activity without serious intentions and who pretends to have knowledge
babbler	noun	an obnoxious and foolish and loquacious talker
babble	noun	gibberish resembling the sounds of a baby
babbling	noun	gibberish resembling the sounds of a baby
blather	noun	foolish gibberish
blether	noun	idle or foolish and irrelevant talk
smattering	noun	a slight or superficial understanding of a subject

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Kleinigkeit

auf dilettantische Art und Weise arbeiten

🇫🇷French

bavarder

travailler avec un amateur

🇪🇸Spanish

saber por encima

trabajar con de manera amateur

🇮🇹Italian

infarinatura

lavorare in modo amatoriale

🇳🇱Dutch

kleiner

op amateuristische wijze mee werken

🇵🇹Portuguese

um pouco

trabalhar de maneira amadora

🇷🇺Russian

мелочь

работать по-дилетантски

India

🇮🇳Hindi

चापलूस

शौकिया तौर पर काम करें

🇧🇩Bengali

চতুর

একটি অপেশাদারী পদ্ধতিতে সঙ্গে কাজ

🇮🇳Tamil

சிறிய

ஒரு அமெச்சூர் முறையில் வேலை

🇮🇳Telugu

చిన్నగా

ఔత్సాహిక పద్ధతిలో పని చేయండి

🇮🇳Marathi

चतुर

हौशी पद्धतीने काम करा

🇮🇳Gujarati

ચતુર

કલાપ્રેમી રીતે કામ કરો

🇮🇳Kannada

ಸ್ಮಾಟರ್

ಹವ್ಯಾಸಿ ರೀತಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಕೆಲಸ ಮಾಡಿ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ചെറുതായി

ഒരു അമേച്വർ രീതിയിൽ പ്രവർത്തിക്കുക

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਚੁਸਤ

ਇੱਕ ਸ਼ੁਕੀਨ ਤਰੀਕੇ ਨਾਲ ਕੰਮ ਕਰੋ

🇵🇰Urdu

ہوشیار

شوقیہ انداز میں کام کریں۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

稀松平常

以业余的方式工作

🇯🇵Japanese

細かい

素人っぽいやり方で取り組む

🇰🇷Korean

더 지저분한

아마추어처럼 일하다

🇻🇳Vietnamese

nhỏ hơn

làm việc một cách nghiệp dư

🇹🇭Thai

ฉลาดกว่า

ทำงานด้วยความชำนาญ

🇮🇩Indonesian

lebih kecil

bekerja dengan cara yang amatir

🇲🇾Malay

sedikit

bekerja dengan secara amatur

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

أكثر ذكاءً

العمل بطريقة الهواة

🇮🇷Persian

مهم است

به صورت آماتوری با آن کار کنید

🇹🇷Turkish

daha önemli

amatörce çalışmak

🇮🇱Hebrew

קלוש

לעבוד איתו בצורה חובבנית

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