1
as in lover
a person with a strong and habitual liking for something
football fanatics are pretty much booked up for weekends from Labor Day to Super Bowl Sunday
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2
as in partisan
one who is intensely or excessively devoted to a cause
once he joined the movement, he became a fanatic
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or fanatical
as in extreme
being very far from the center of public opinion
because of her fanatical views, her friends know better than to try to discuss the issues with her
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Recent Examples of fanatic
Julio Ojeda-Zapata, Twin Cities, 9 Apr. 2026
Tubi Made 11 years before Life and Death, Broomfield’s first documentary on Aileen Wuornos captures the media circus surrounding America’s most famous female serial killer — including the bizarre story of a religious fanatic who fixated on and even attempted to adopt her.
—Katie Rife, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Apr. 2026
Tyler Erzberger, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2026
Robert Imbrie, the American consul in Tehran, was brutally murdered in 1924, allegedly because a fanatical religious leader accused him of being a Baha’i and poisoning a well.
—Daniel Thomas Potts, The Conversation, 30 Mar. 2026
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Noun
This brings her into direct conflict with me, an AeroPress fanatic.
—Julio Ojeda-Zapata, Twin Cities, 9 Apr. 2026
Tubi Made 11 years before Life and Death, Broomfield’s first documentary on Aileen Wuornos captures the media circus surrounding America’s most famous female serial killer — including the bizarre story of a religious fanatic who fixated on and even attempted to adopt her.
—Katie Rife, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Apr. 2026
Adjective
On Monday, Grant Hughes of 247Sports caught a clue that might point to more than just fanatical speculation in the Lloyd-to-UNC gossip.
—Tyler Erzberger, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2026
Robert Imbrie, the American consul in Tehran, was brutally murdered in 1924, allegedly because a fanatical religious leader accused him of being a Baha’i and poisoning a well.
—Daniel Thomas Potts, The Conversation, 30 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fanatic
Noun
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That’s probably why class-crossed lovers make such fertile ground for fiction—look at Heathcliff and Cathy, or poor Scudder and Maurice.—
Cressida Leyshon,
New Yorker,
12 Apr. 2026
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Options for 2026 include food cruises that travel through Burgundy and Provence and a 15-day wine lovers cruise on the Rhine and Seine Rivers.—
Beth Luberecki,
USA Today,
11 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Disrupting basic services to millions of Americans in such circumstances only makes sense to die-hard partisans.—
U T Editorial Board,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 Mar. 2026
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That was the result of angry partisans taking seriously Trump’s bogus election-fraud claims.—
Steven Greenhut,
Oc Register,
27 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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San Francisco taqueria El Faro, credited with inventing the super burrito, may be forced to sell its restaurant, citing an extreme rent increase.—
Loureen Ayyoub,
CBS News,
15 Apr. 2026
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Such extreme pessimism has historically acted as a contrarian indicator for markets, Hartnett said, with prior lows in sentiment coinciding with key turning points for equities, including in October 2023 and April 2025.—
Yun Li,
CNBC,
14 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The three-day event draws more than 100,000 fans every year for the festival, which headlines largely country music acts while raising money for marine conservation.—
Joan Murray,
CBS News,
12 Apr. 2026
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The fan tried to offer some context.—
Wesley Stenzel,
Entertainment Weekly,
12 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Pakistan’s polio eradication program has been running anti-polio campaigns for years, though health workers and the police assigned to protect them are often targeted by militants who falsely claim the vaccination campaigns are a Western conspiracy to sterilize children.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
13 Apr. 2026
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The son of the English-language spokeswoman for the Iranian militants involved in the 1979 storming of the US Embassy in Tehran, Iran, is set to face deportation from the US, along with his wife and son, the State Department announced today.—
Dalia Abdelwahab,
CNN Money,
11 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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The trio, and others in their intellectual circle, share a few radical views.—
Emma Green,
New Yorker,
17 Apr. 2026
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No, the blame falls on moderate Democrats, who knew darn well what progressives and progressivism represented but did nothing to prevent the radical left from engineering a takeover of their party.—
Chris Roemer,
Baltimore Sun,
16 Apr. 2026
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But just one year into the driver’s seat and Espinosa, and his team of executives who are now mostly enthusiasts, seem to be moving as quickly as humanly possible to deliver on that big statement.—
Joel Feder,
The Drive,
16 Apr. 2026
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Austin eyes a new position as an in-house personal trainer, and Lindsay worries about the Chairwoman’s fit assistant, Eunice (Seoyeon Jang), stealing her Korean fitness-enthusiast boyfriend.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
16 Apr. 2026
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Over one year after the death of her fellow anti-Scientology crusader, ex-church official, and Emmy-winning Scientology and the Aftermath collaborator Mike Rinder, actress and former Scientologist Leah Remini has opened up about the pain of living life without her longtime friend.—
Joey Nolfi,
Entertainment Weekly,
10 Apr. 2026
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Among other things, the New York Times story portrayed Lively as Hollywood’s latest #MeToo crusader, courageously exposing workplace abuses against women.—
Martha Ross,
Mercury News,
3 Apr. 2026
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“Fanatic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fanatic. Accessed 20 Apr. 2026.
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