superfan

noun

su·​per·​fan ˌsü-pər-ˈfan 

plural superfans

: an extremely enthusiastic or dedicated fan

… superfans, people absolutely enveloped by their passion.

—George Plimpton

… is considering placing cameras around his team's complex and having superfans pay to tune in …

—Peter King

To coaches and college presidents, boosters are superfans willing to put their money where their hearts are.

—Robert Lipsyte

Examples of superfan in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

An ex-boyfriend, now platonic pal (Eric Lynch) at the (fictional) Chicago Herald offers her an assignment of profiling a Bears superfan, Darlene Donnelly (Marsha Mason). — Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 16 Oct. 2026

Ternus, as Tim Cook and Steve Jobs did before him, showed up to the Fifth Avenue store to take pictures with superfans, who treated him like a movie star. — Andrew R. Chow, Time, 15 Oct. 2026

This story of an artificial intelligence in extreme existential crisis is primarily constructed for MCU superfans, the kind who get giddy over Easter eggs and can recite reams of backstory minutiae off the top of their domes. — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 12 Oct. 2026

The lights aren’t too bright for the Brew Crew or their superfan, Amy Williams, better known as Front Row Amy. — Sean Joseph Outkick, FOXNews.com, 12 Oct. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1918, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for superfan

• businessman
• canavan
• caravan
• constantan
• dragoman
• fisherman
• handyman
• harmattan
• journeyman
• marianne
• middleman
• minivan