Entry Word: fan

Function: noun

Meaning: a person with a strong and habitual liking for something <life-long fans of country and western music>

Synonyms addict, aficionado, buff, bug, devotee, enthusiast, fanatic, fancier, fiend, freak, lover, maniac, nut

Related Words groupie; admirer, collector, connoisseur, dilettante; authority, expert; cultist, disciple, follower, votary; backer, patron, promoter, supporter; partisan, zealot; booster, rooter, well-wisher; faddist

Near Antonyms belittler, carper, critic, detractor