habitué

habitué

noun

Definition of HABITUÉ

1

a person with a strong and habitual liking for something <confirmed habitués of the theater, they support serious dramas as well as comedies and musicals>

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

someone who regularly spends time in a particular place <a confirmed habitué of the country club, she keeps tabs on who's having an affair>

Synonyms familiar, frequenter, habitué (also habitue), haunter, rat, regular

Related Words client, customer, guest, patron; addict, aficionado (also afficionado), buff, bug, devotee, enthusiast, fan, fanatic, fancier, fiend, freak, lover, maniac, nut

Variants of HABITUÉ

habitué also habitue