fanatics

noun

plural of fanatic
1
as in lovers
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 partisans
one who is intensely or excessively devoted to a cause once he joined the movement, he became a fanatic

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Recent Examples of fanatics The larger proportions are more in line with those of the shoe in its earlier lifespan, a detail that hadn’t gone unnoticed among Air Max fanatics over the years. — Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 28 Oct. 2026 Her 22nd book comes out in February, and her fans are fanatics. — Megan O’Sullivan, Vogue, 26 Oct. 2026 The blueprint included the recruitment of mercenaries and exploiting the grievances of disaffected citizens, from religious fanatics and extremists to soccer fans. — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 21 Oct. 2026 While Musk fanatics expressed their excitement on social media, the Roadster isn't likely to have any material financial impact on the company. — Lora Kolodny, CNBC, 15 Oct. 2026 NBCUniversal‘s Peacock is rolling out up a new way to try to get Bravo fanatics even more engaged in the network’s galaxy of reality programming drama and dish-worthy moments. — Todd Spangler, Variety, 13 Oct. 2026 Modern farmhouse dwellers and cottagecore fanatics, take note. — Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 6 Oct. 2026 Gut fanatics on social media have jumped in on the promise of poo. — Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 5 Oct. 2026 Wessel said that most guests enjoy perusing, but some, namely the horror fanatics, come in looking for specific limited-run items such as a new Jason Voorhees Monster Energy drink. — Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fanatics
  1. lovers
  2. partisans
  3. fans
  4. militants
  5. suckers
  6. crusaders
  7. enthusiasts
  8. activists
Noun
  • Dylan’s sneer and Mick Ronson’s guitar jab like fingers in some intense argument, trying to win the pyrrhic victory of a lovers’ quarrel.
    — Grayson Haver Currin, Pitchfork, 7 Nov. 2026
  • Now comes Netflix’s spin on the romantic comedy to end all romantic comedies, starring Emma Corrin and Jack Lowden as the characters at the center of literature’s original enemies-to-lovers trope.
    — Hillary Busis, Vanity Fair, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of lovers
Noun
  • Our survey found considerable overlap among political partisans’ favorite comedians.
    — Karrin Vasby Anderson, The Conversation, 29 Oct. 2026
  • But the clean provenance and their New York highlife has never appeased Pooh partisans who think Fifth Avenue is much too far from the Hundred Acre Wood.
    — STEVE HENDRIX THE WASHINGTON POST, Arkansas Online, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of partisans
Noun
  • Many le Carré fans adore the books as an antidote to the glossy, high-octane adventures of Ian Fleming’s superspy, James Bond.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 6 Nov. 2026
  • For a long time, fans thought the song was originally written for Selena Quintanilla, though Pulido dispelled the rumors in an interview.
    — Julyssa Lopez, Rolling Stone, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of fans
Noun
  • The ministry, part of the Hamas-run government, doesn't distinguish between civilians and militants.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Uganda is withdrawing troops deployed for years in Somalia under an African Union peacekeeping force that helped repel militants in the Horn of Africa nation, military authorities said on Monday.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of militants
Noun
  • How could anyone in the military support a repulsive, draft-dodging coward who called dead soldiers suckers and losers?
    — Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 30 Oct. 2026
  • The theory seems to be that there will always be another crop of suckers willing to pump money into the ecosystem, so the market will provide.
    — Joseph Kahn, HollywoodReporter, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of suckers
Noun
  • The book is full of stories of villains, like the venomous heroin that took so many of Seattle’s crusaders as well as the music industry that never quite understood where Soundgarden belonged.
    — Selena Fragassi, SPIN, 9 June 2026
  • The facility remains popular among anti-immigrant crusaders, and Attorney General Uthmeier’s campaign store sells Alligator Alcatraz bumper stickers, T-shirts, and caps.
    — Eric Schlosser, The Atlantic, 4 June 2026
Definition of crusaders
Noun
  • The Avant version of the RS5-R will remind enthusiasts of those beloved longroofs.
    — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 3 Nov. 2026
  • Keep reading to shop our top gifts for musicians and music enthusiasts at every ability level and budget for birthdays, holidays, graduation gifts and beyond.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of enthusiasts
Noun
  • Two Columbia University Apartheid Divest activists, bemoaning their opposition, coauthored a June 2024 opinion article signaling overlap with the police abolition movement.
    — Hudson Crozier, The Washington Examiner, 9 Nov. 2026
  • Two far-right activists disrupted a Diwali celebration in Seattle with placards calling for the deportation of Hindus and invoking a conspiracy theory about the replacement of Christians.
    — Emma Marsden, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Nov. 2026
Definition of activists

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“Fanatics.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fanatics. Accessed 10 Nov. 2026.

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