aficionados

noun

variants also afficionados
plural of aficionado
as in lovers
a person with a strong and habitual liking for something an aficionado of the sci-fi series who has seen all the movies several times

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Recent Examples of aficionados By day, wellness enthusiasts join morning yoga sessions while boating aficionados compare charter plans over breakfast. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Nov. 2026 In Japan, the years between 1971 and 1974 are known to aficionados as the Second Kaiju Boom. — Matt Alt, New Yorker, 8 Nov. 2026 Ornamental Grasses Popular opinion, especially among native plant aficionados, is to leave ornamental grasses up all through the fall and winter, Ballato says. — Lee Wallender, The Spruce, 8 Nov. 2026 Even so, news aficionados have never had so many competing options offering high-quality video and information. — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 3 Nov. 2026 True crime aficionados will love this new three-part documentary series, which dives deep into the vicious divorce of Allan and Catherine Kassenoff and the custody battle that followed. — K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 28 Oct. 2026 Just a five-minute walk away, art aficionados can spend long hours wandering through the Thyssen-Bornemisza National Museum and the Prado museum, or take a stroll through El Retiro Park. — Erika Owen, Architectural Digest, 27 Oct. 2026 By now, most pop culture aficionados know the story of Call Her Daddy and its messy, public fracture. — Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 27 Oct. 2026 Fragrance collections are a hot commodity these days, especially among perfume afficionados and collectors. — Jennifer Weil, Footwear News, 27 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for aficionados
  1. lovers
  2. fans
  3. enthusiasts
  4. suckers
  5. fanatics
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
  • By day, wellness enthusiasts join morning yoga sessions while boating aficionados compare charter plans over breakfast.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Nov. 2026
  • Elizabeth Taylor famously collected them, Marilyn Monroe sang their praises, and today’s jewelry enthusiasts have found increasingly creative ways to wear them (preferably without waiting for someone to get down on one knee).
    — Camila Quimper, Footwear News, 9 Nov. 2026
Definition of enthusiasts
Noun
  • How could anyone in the military support a repulsive, draft-dodging coward who called dead soldiers suckers and losers?
    — Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 30 Oct. 2026
  • The theory seems to be that there will always be another crop of suckers willing to pump money into the ecosystem, so the market will provide.
    — Joseph Kahn, HollywoodReporter, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of suckers
Noun
  • The larger proportions are more in line with those of the shoe in its earlier lifespan, a detail that hadn’t gone unnoticed among Air Max fanatics over the years.
    — Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 28 Oct. 2026
  • Her 22nd book comes out in February, and her fans are fanatics.
    — Megan O’Sullivan, Vogue, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of fanatics

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