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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something, someone very abnormal |
| Synonyms: | aberration, abortion, anomaly, chimera, curiosity, geek*, grotesque, malformation, miscreation, misshape, monster, monstrosity, mutant, mutation, oddity, queer, rarity, sport, weirdo* |
| Antonyms: | normality, ordinary, regular |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | freak |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person enthused about something |
| Synonyms: | addict, aficionado, buff, bug*, devotee, enthusiast, fan, fanatic, fiend*, maniac, nut*, zealot |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | freak |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | become extraordinarily upset |
| Synonyms: | flip out, go beserk, go insane, go mad, lose control, rave, unhinge, wig out |
| 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: | believer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who has faith in something |
| Synonyms: | acceptor, adherent, apostle, canonist, convert, devotee, disciple, doctrinaire, dogmatist, follower, freak, orthodox, prophet, proselyte, religionist, religious person, supporter, upholder, zealot |
| Antonyms: | agnostic, atheist, disbeliever, non-believer |
| 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: | caprice |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sudden change of behavior |
| Synonyms: | bee, caper*, changeableness, contrariety, crotchet, fad, fancy, fickleness, fitfulness, fool notion, freak, gag, humor, impulse, inconsistency, inconstancy, jerk, kink, mood, notion, peculiarity, perversity, put on*, quirk, rib, temper, thought, vagary, vein, whim, whimsy |
| Antonyms: | constancy, constant, dependability, steadfastness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | character |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | odd person |
| Synonyms: | card*, case*, clown, crank, customer*, duck*, eccentric, figure, freak, nut, oddball, oddity, original*, personage, personality, queer, spook, wack, weirdo, zombie |
| Notes: | character is what one is; reputation is what one is thought to be by others |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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