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buff

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of buff

1 a person with a strong and habitual liking for something

  • he's such a film buff that he owns over 3,000 movies
Synonyms of buff

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

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 of buff

nonadmirer

belittler, carper, critic, detractor
Antonyms of buff

nonfan

2 the state of having no clothes on one's body

  • protected by a fully enclosed backyard, the couple would frequently sunbathe in the buff
Synonyms of buff

altogether, bareness, birthday suit, bottomlessness, nakedness, nude, nudity, raw
Words Related to buff

toplessness

naturism, nudism

buff

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of buff

1 to make smooth by friction

  • she learned to buff semiprecious stones in order to make her own jewelry
Synonyms of buff

file, grind, hone, rasp, rub, sand
Words Related to buff

plane, scrape

sandblast, scour

burnish, dress, gloss, polish, shine, smooth

edge, hone, sharpen, strop, whet

regrind
Near Antonyms of buff

coarsen, rough (up), roughen, scuff

2 to make smooth or glossy usually by repeatedly applying surface pressure

  • the janitor buffed the lobby floor until it shone
Synonyms of buff

burnish, dress, furbish, gloss, grind, polish, rub, shine, smooth, smoothen
Words Related to buff

sleek, slick

coat, glaze, japan, lacquer, varnish

face, finish, veneer

brighten

file, rasp, sand, sandblast, sandpaper, scour, scrape, scrub

bob, bone, lap
Near Antonyms of buff

rough (up), roughen, ruffle, scuff (up)

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