maven

Synonyms

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

Antonyms

nonfan;

Near Antonyms

nonadmirer;

belittler, carper, critic, detractor;

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;