admirers

noun

plural of admirer
1
as in lovers

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2
as in fans

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for admirers
  1. lovers
  2. fans
  3. girlfriends
  4. devotees
  5. favorites
  6. enthusiasts
  7. boyfriends
  8. zealots
Noun
  • Dylan’s sneer and Mick Ronson’s guitar jab like fingers in some intense argument, trying to win the pyrrhic victory of a lovers’ quarrel.
    — Grayson Haver Currin, Pitchfork, 7 Nov. 2026
  • Now comes Netflix’s spin on the romantic comedy to end all romantic comedies, starring Emma Corrin and Jack Lowden as the characters at the center of literature’s original enemies-to-lovers trope.
    — Hillary Busis, Vanity Fair, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of lovers
Noun
  • Many le Carré fans adore the books as an antidote to the glossy, high-octane adventures of Ian Fleming’s superspy, James Bond.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 6 Nov. 2026
  • For a long time, fans thought the song was originally written for Selena Quintanilla, though Pulido dispelled the rumors in an interview.
    — Julyssa Lopez, Rolling Stone, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of fans
Noun
  • The resulting photographs often remind me of Dorothea Lange’s, if Dorothea Lange were a teen girl on Tumblr doing a photo shoot with her girlfriends.
    — Olivia Kan-Sperling, Artforum, 1 Nov. 2026
  • Big families sit right next to groups of girlfriends and couples on date nights.
    — Jessica Jungbauer, Vogue, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of girlfriends
Noun
  • Also in attendance was Thirstin Howl III, credited as the founder of the Lo Lifes, a group of Polo devotees established in Brooklyn in the late 1980s, and co-author of Bury Me with the Lo On.
    — Zachary Weiss, Robb Report, 2 Nov. 2026
  • The Sikh Parade, first held in 1980, is set to begin Sunday morning with a procession led by a float carrying the Sri Guru Granth Sahib, the Sikh holy scripture, followed by thousands of devotees, according to the event’s website.
    — Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of devotees
Noun
  • Keep scrolling to shop 14 favorites that are guaranteed to fill your home with a little Christmas magic—all for under $100.
    — Kate Boswell, Southern Living, 7 Nov. 2026
  • Canadian rock favorites Nickelback start on the chart podium with Everything Under The Sun (Virgin Music Group/Inertia), their 11th studio album.
    — Lars Brandle, Billboard, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of favorites
Noun
  • The Avant version of the RS5-R will remind enthusiasts of those beloved longroofs.
    — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 3 Nov. 2026
  • Keep reading to shop our top gifts for musicians and music enthusiasts at every ability level and budget for birthdays, holidays, graduation gifts and beyond.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of enthusiasts
Noun
  • And, if so, what will happen to all those chatbot boyfriends?
    — The New Yorker, New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2026
  • People’s responses were also colored by everyone suddenly having lawyers and managers and agents, wives, husbands, boyfriends, girlfriends, friends.
    — Michael Schneider, Variety, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of boyfriends
Noun
  • His mother had belonged to the Irgun, the Jewish underground that fought British rule before Israel’s founding, but his parents were, by all accounts, not ideological zealots.
    — Eric Cortellessa, Time, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Democrats looking for a way to reclaim their party can find inspiration in the career of Neil Kinnock, who in the mid-1980s rescued the British Labour Party from a determined band of sectarian zealots.
    — James Kirchick, The Atlantic, 21 July 2026
Definition of zealots
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