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fan

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of fan

a person with a strong and habitual liking for something

lifelong fans of country and western music

Synonyms of fan

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

Words Related to fan

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 fan

belittler, carper, critic, detractor

Antonyms of fan

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