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Definition: Hobbyist |
HobbyistNoun1. A person who pursues and activity in their spare time for pleasure. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "hobbyist" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1985. (references) |
Crosswords: Hobbyist |
| Specialty definitions using "hobbyist": FidoNet. (references) |
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| "Hobbyist" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Hobbyist" is used about 47 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 47 | 49,740 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "hobbyist"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Chinese | 有奇癖者. (various references) | |
German | Hobby-Mensch, Hobby Mensch. (various references) | |
Italian | herpes (herpes). (various references) | |
Korean | 취미자. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | obbyisthay.(various references) | |
Romanian | colecţionar (collector, faddist). (various references) | |
Russian | увлеченный своим хобби, человек (a man of great worship, April-fool, bodybuilder, contrarian, diarist, dieter, digamist, diner-out, fruitarian, fugleman, globe-trotter, good-timer, haemophiliac, hipster, hot stuff, human, human being, insomniac, interloper, irrepatriable, Job's post, kibitzer, killjoy, lawman, leading light, leaker, leaky vessel, left-winger, man, man set in authority, megalomaniac, middle-of-the-roader, name-child, Nosey Parker, nothingarian, pallbearer, person, prevaricator, prizeman, pseud, raver, returner, shopaholic, spoilsport, weather forecaster, wight 1, workaholic, worldling). (various references) | |
Turkish | hobilerine zaman ayıran kimse, hobi olarak yapan kimse, amatör (amateur, dabbler, dilettante, fancier). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "hobbyist": hobbyists. (additional references) | |
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"Hobbyist" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: hobbiest, hobbyism, hobbyst, hobyist. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "hobbyist" (pronounced hÄ"bēust) |
| 6 | -Ä" b ē u s t | lobbyist. |
| 4 | -ē u s t | angriest, atheist, bloodiest, busiest, craziest, creamiest, deadliest, dirtiest, earliest, easiest, fanciest, flimsiest, foggiest, friendliest, funniest, greediest, grooviest, happiest, healthiest, heaviest, heftiest, holiest, juiciest, junkiest, laziest, likeliest, mightiest, nastiest, neediest, noisiest, prettiest, priciest, rainiest, riskiest, ritziest, savviest, scariest, sexiest, shakiest, showiest, silliest, skimpiest, skinniest, sloppiest, smoggiest, stickiest, stormiest, thorniest, tiniest, toniest, trendiest, trickiest, ugliest, wealthiest, worthiest, zaniest. |
| 3 | -u s t | agonist, agriculturalist, agronomist, alarmist, alchemist, allergist, amethyst, amorist, analyst, anarchist, anatomist, anesthesiologist, anesthetist, animist, antagonist, anthropologist, anticommunist, apologist, apprenticed, aquarist, archaeologist, archivist, arsonist, absolutist, accompanist, ablest, abolitionist, abortionist, activist, artist, August, ballast, balloonist, barest, behaviorist, biased, bicyclist, biggest, biochemist, biologist, bitterest, blackest, bleakest, bluest, bluntest, boldest, botanist, bravest, breakfast, briefest, brightest, broadest, buttressed, calloused, canoeist, canvassed, capitalist, cardiologist, caricaturist, cartoonist, catalyst, cellist, chauvinist, cheapest, choicest, clarinetist, classicist, cleanest, closest, coldest, colonialist, colonist, columnist, communist, conservationist, contortionist, conversationalist, coolest, cornettist, criminologist, cruelest, cultist, cyclist, darkest, hygienist, idealist, ideologist, illusionist, immunologist, imperialist, impressionist, dearest, deepest, deforest, deist, densest, dentist, dermatologist, determinist, direst, dishonest, disinterest, driest, druggist, dullest, dumbest, earnest, ecologist, economist, editorialist, eldest, elitist, embarrassed, empiricist, encompassed, encyclopedist, endocrinologist, entomologist, environmentalist, epidemiologist, ethicist, ethnomusicologist, exhibitionist, exorcist, expressionist, extremist, faintest, fairest, farthest, fascist, fastest, fattest, federalist, feminist, fetishist, fewest, fiercest, finalist, finest, firmest, fittest, florist, focused, focussed, fondest, forest, formalist, freest, freshest, fullest, fundamentalist, funnest, furthest, generalist, geneticist, gentlest, geologist, gerontologist, goldest, grandest, gravest, grayest, greatest, greenest, grimaced, grimmest, guitarist, gymnast, gynecologist, hardest, harnessed, harshest, harvest, herbalist, highest, hippest, honest, hottest, hugest, humblest, humorist, individualist, industrialist, institutionalist, instrumentalist, interest, internationalist, internist, interventionist, isolationist, jaundiced, journalist, keenest, kindest, kremlinologist, largest, latest, leanest, leftist, librettist, lightest, linguist, littlest, liveliest, locust, longest, loudest, lowest, loyalist, luckiest, lyricist, machinist, manicurist, mannerist, masochist, materialist, meanest, medalist, mercantilist, merest, meteorologist, methodist, microbiologist, mildest, mineralogist, misogynist, modernist, modest, monopolist, motorcyclist, motorist, musicologist, narrowest, nationalist, naturalist, nearest, neatest, neurologist, neuroscientist, neutralist, newest, noblest, noncommunist, nonconformist, noninterest, noticed, novelist, nutritionist, oboist, obstructionist, oddest, oldest, oncologist, ophthalmologist, opportunist, organist, orthodontist, orthopedist, pacifist, paleontologist, palest, panelist, pathologist, pessimist, pharmacist, philanthropist, photojournalist, physiologist, pianist, polemicist, poorest, populist, prefaced, prejudiced, premised, preservationist, promised, propagandist, protagonist, protectionist, proudest, psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, psychologist, psychotherapist, purchased, purest, quickest, quietest, quietist, racist, radiologist, rainforest, rapist, rarest, receptionist, reddest, refocused, reforest, remotest, repurchased, reservationist, reservist, resurfaced, revolutionist, rheumatologist, richest, rightist, roughest, rudest, saddest, sadist, safest, satirist, scientist, secessionist, secularist, segregationist, seismologist, semifinalist, separatist, serologist, serviced, severest, sharpest, shortest, shrewdest, sickest, simplest, sleekest, slickest, slightest, slimmest, slowest, smallest, smartest, smoothest, socialist, sociologist, softest, soonest, soundest, specialist, spiritualist, stablest, staunchest, steepest, sternest, stiffest, strangest, strategist, strictest, strongest, stupidest, supremacist, surest, surfaced, survivalist, sweetest, swiftest, tallest, tannest, technologist, televangelist, tempest, terraced, theorist, therapist, thickest, thinnest, tightest, toughest, tourist, toxicologist, traditionalist, truest, ultranationalist, unbiased, unfocused, unionist, unkindest, unnoticed, urologist, violinist, violist, virologist, vocalist, warmest, weakest, weirdest, wettest, whitest, widest, wildest, wisest, witnessed, yellowest, youngest, zoologist. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-b-h-i-o-s-t-y" | |
-1 letter: hobbits. | |
-2 letters: boyish, hobbit, toyish. | |
-3 letters: bitsy, bothy, hobby, hoist, obits. | |
-4 letters: bibs, bios, bits, bobs, bosh, both, bots, boys, hist, hits, hobs, host, hots, hoys, obis, obit, shot, sibb, sith, soth, stob, sybo, thio, this, toby, tosh, toys, yobs. | |
-5 letters: bib, bio, bis, bit, bob, bos, bot, boy, bys, his, hit, hob, hot, hoy. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-b-h-i-o-s-t-y" | |
+1 letter: hobbyists. | |
+5 letters: subinhibitory. | |
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