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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dastardly person |
| Synonyms: | Mephistopheles, Satan, barbarian, beast, brute, degenerate, demon, devil, diablo, evil spirit, hellion, imp, little devil, monster, ogre, savage, serpent, troll |
| Antonyms: | angel, friend |
| Main Entry: | addict |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who has compulsion toward |
| Synonyms: | activity, buff, devotee, enthusiast, fan, fanatic, fiend, follower, freak*, habitué, hound, junkie, nut, often injurious aficionado, practitioner, zealot |
| Notes: | an edict is a formal or authoritative proclamation; an addict is someone who is physiologically dependent on a substance or someone who is a devoted supporter or fan |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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
| Main Entry: | beast |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | large wild animal; brute |
| Synonyms: | barbarian, beastie, creature, critter, fiend, gargoyle, glutton, lower animal, monster, monstrosity, pig, quadruped, swine, varmint |
| 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: | brute |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | barbarian |
| Synonyms: | animal, beast, cannibal, creature, critter, degenerate, devil, fiend, lout, monster, ogre, ruffian, sadist, savage, swine, wild animal |
| Antonyms: | gentleman, humanitarian |
| Main Entry: | buff |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | enthusiast |
| Synonyms: | addict, admirer, aficionado, connoisseur, devotee, expert, fan, fiend*, freak*, habitué, hound, lover, votary |
| Antonyms: | detractor, opponent |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | demon |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | evil, devilish being or influence |
| Synonyms: | Satan, archfiend, beast, brute, fiend, goblin, hellion, imp, incubus, little devil, malignant spirit, monster, rascal, rogue, succubus, vampire, villain |
| Antonyms: | angel, god |
| Main Entry: | devil |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | demon |
| Synonyms: | Beelzebub, Lucifer, Mephistopheles, Prince of Darkness, Satan, adversary, archfiend, beast, brute, bête noire, common enemy, dastard, diablo, djinn, dybbuk, enfant terrible, evil one, fiend, genie, hellion, imp, knave, monster, ogre, rogue, scamp, scoundrel, the Erinyes, the Furies, the dickens, villain |
| Antonyms: | angel, god |
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