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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person active in interest |
| Synonyms: | addict, admirer, aficionado, believer, buff, bug*, bum*, devotee, eccentric, fan, fanatic, follower, freak, habitué, lover, maniac, monomaniac, nut*, optimist, participant, partisan, rooter, supporter, votary, worshiper, zealot |
| Antonyms: | critic, detractor, pessimist |
ziˌæst
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | adherent |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | supporter or follower |
| Synonyms: | advocate, aficionado, backer, believer, card-carrying member, devotee, disciple, enthusiast, fan, hanger-on |
| Main Entry: | admirer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who holds someone in high regard |
| Synonyms: | adherent, beau, believer, booster, boyfriend, buff, bug*, cat*, devotee, disciple, enthusiast, fan, fancier, fiend*, follower, freak*, girlfriend, groupie, hound, junkie, lover, nut*, partisan, patron, rooter, suitor, supporter, swain, sweetheart, wooer, worshiper |
| Antonyms: | critic, enemy, opponent |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Example Sentences
- Abdus-Salaam is a karate instructor and martial arts enthusiast.
- One enthusiast sacrifices a buffalo to him every year, and distributes the meat to the gardeners who tend the place.
- Polarized lenses are ideal for the snow and water sports enthusiast.
| Main Entry: | aficionado |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fan |
| Synonyms: | connoisseur, devotee, enthusiast, fanatic |
| Main Entry: | bigot |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | intolerant, prejudiced person |
| Synonyms: | chauvinist, diehard, doctrinaire, dogmatist, enthusiast, extremist, fanatic, fiend, maniac, monomaniac, opinionated person, partisan, persecutor, puritan, racist, sectarian, segregationist, sexist, stickler, superpatriot, zealot |
| Antonyms: | humanitarian, liberal, tolerator |
| Main Entry: | devotee |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ardent supporter; fan |
| Synonyms: | addict, adherent, admirer, aficionado, amateur, believer, booster, buff, disciple, enthusiast, fanatic, fancier, fiend, follower, groupie, habitué, junkie, lover, rooter, supporter, votarient, votary |
| Antonyms: | adversary, antagonist, enemy |
| Main Entry: | disciple |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | believer, follower |
| Synonyms: | adherent, apostle, attendant, booster, buff, bug*, catechumen, cohort, convert, devotee, enthusiast, fan, fanatic, fiend, freak, groupie, hound, junkie, learner, nut*, partisan, proselyte, pupil, rooter, satellite, sectary, sectator, student, supporter, votary, witness, zealot |
| Antonyms: | god |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fanatic |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person overenthusiastic about an interest |
| Synonyms: | activist, addict, bigot, bug*, crank, crazy, demon, devotee, enthusiast, extremist, fiend*, fool, freak, maniac, militant, monomaniac, nut*, radical, ultraist, visionary, zealot |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fiend |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person overenthusiastic about interest |
| Synonyms: | addict, aficionado, bigot, devotee, enthusiast, fan, fanatic, freak, maniac, monomaniac, nut*, votarist, votary, zealot |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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