Synonyms of fanatic

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noun

fə-ˈna-tik 

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• lover
• fan
• enthusiast
• sucker
• maniac
• addict
• admirer
• devotee
• freak
• aficionado
• buff
• junkie
• fiend
• supporter
• collector
• nut
• fool
• hound
• bug
• proponent
• fancier
• maven
• expert
• friend
• habitué
• authority
• connoisseur
• head
• amateur
• zealot
• exponent
• groupie
• promoter
• follower
• dilettante
• advocate
• disciple
• adherent
• champion
• evangelist
• votary
• patron
• apostle
• partisan
• cultist
• convert
• booster
• backer
• hanger-on
• faddist
• rooter
• well-wisher

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• critic
• detractor
• nonfan
• carper
• belittler
• nonadmirer

2

as in partisan

one who is intensely or excessively devoted to a cause

once he joined the movement, he became a fanatic

Synonyms & Similar Words

• partisan
• militant
• crusader
• activist
• zealot
• supporter
• fan
• lover
• advocate
• dreamer
• ideologue
• true believer
• enthusiast
• promoter
• champion
• disciple
• red hot
• aficionado
• follower
• idealist
• devotee
• junkie
• maniac
• addict
• sucker
• patron
• freak
• fiend
• visionary
• fool
• evangelist
• nut
• votary
• apostle
• buff
• cultist
• stalwart
• hound
• bug
• booster
• hanger-on
• fancier
• maven
• backer
• habitué
• faddist
• head
• idolizer
• rooter
• well-wisher

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• dilettante
• dabbler
• nonmilitant

fanatic

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adjective

fə-ˈna-ti-kəl 

variants 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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• extreme
• radical
• rabid
• revolutionary
• extremist
• ultra
• revolutionist
• violent
• subversive
• wild
• reactionary

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• conservative
• moderate
• traditional
• middle-of-the-road
• conventional
• temperate
• unrevolutionary
• nonrevolutionary
• liberal
• progressive
• orthodox

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of fanatic

Noun

The Northernmost Tree For now, most commercial breadfruit groves are still setting root, leaving the growing to the same type of people who once introduced it to the region — the plant fanatics. — Ashley Miznazi, Miami Herald, 24 July 2026

Democrats, whose brand is viewed as too left-wing in five out of six Senate-battleground states, should be similarly wary of fanatics trying to infiltrate their ranks. — James Kirchick, The Atlantic, 21 July 2026

Adjective

Director Brian De Palma cemented our cultural awareness of Carrie with his 1976 classic, starring Sissy Spacek as the repressed Carrie White and Piper Laurie as her religious fanatic mother, Margaret. — Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 13 July 2026

In short, Iran has rational reasons for wanting a nuclear weapon that go far beyond the fanatical notion of destroying Israel and The Great Satan. — John M. Crisp, Mercury News, 25 June 2026