buff

buff

noun

Definition of BUFF

1

a person with a strong and habitual liking for something <he's such a film buff that he owns over 3,000 movies>

Synonyms addict, aficionado (also afficionado), buff, bug, devotee, enthusiast, fanatic, fancier, fiend, fool, freak, habitué (also habitue), head, hound, junkie (also junky), lover, maniac, maven (also mavin), nut, sucker

Related Words groupie; admirer, amateur, collector, connoisseur, dilettante; authority, expert; adherent, convert, cultist, disciple, follower, hanger-on, votary; advocate, apostle, backer, champion, evangelist, exponent, friend, patron, promoter, proponent, supporter; partisan (also partizan), zealot; booster, rooter, well-wisher; faddist

Near Antonyms nonadmirer; belittler, carper, critic, detractor

Antonyms nonfan

2

the state of having no clothes on one's body <protected by a fully enclosed backyard, the couple would frequently sunbathe in the buff>

Synonyms altogether, bareness, birthday suit, bottomlessness, buff, nakedness, nude, raw

Related Words toplessness; naturism, nudism