Synonyms of fanatic

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noun

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• dilettante
• dabbler
• nonmilitant

fanatic

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adjective

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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