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enthusiast

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of enthusiast

a person with a strong and habitual liking for something

skiing enthusiasts canʼt wait for the first snowfall of the season

Synonyms of enthusiast

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

Words Related to enthusiast

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

Near Antonyms of enthusiast

belittler, carper, critic, detractor

Antonyms of enthusiast

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