FANCIERS Synonyms: 63 Similar and Opposite Words

fanciers

noun

plural of fancier

as in lovers

a person with a strong and habitual liking for something many chocolate fanciers like their favorite confection without the addition of milk or a lot of sugar

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Recent Examples of fanciers Local breeders, known as fanciers, would release their birds far from home and measure the time and distance covered to return. — Sharyn Alfonsi, CBS News, 26 Apr. 2026 Famous people were frequently asked to be judges, to lend cachet to the events—novelists Émile Zola and Pierre Loti were two of them (both writers were cat-fanciers, so were well qualified to be judges). — Literary Hub, 9 Dec. 2025

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In Peru under dictatorship, two of three long-time lovers marry for appearances but flee from their conservative rural community for the capital after their secret is exposed by the third.

— Katherine Brodsky, Variety, 18 Sep. 2026
Now, Sacramento is on the list of best cities for coffee lovers, according to a ranking of cafes nationwide.

— Emma Hall, Sacbee.com, 18 Sep. 2026

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Noun

What may have surprised even modern sports fans, however, was Ole Miss' suing two of its former players who followed former Rebels coach Lane Kiffin to his new position as head football coach at LSU.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 19 Sep. 2026
After the Sox scored six runs in the first inning and led 8-2 after the third, most fans settled in for a postgame concert by country music star Cole Swindell.

— Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of fans

Noun

The Argument Against The black hole star enthusiasts appeal to Occam’s razor, arguing that their theory gives the simplest accounting of these two little red dots, and perhaps of little red dots in general.

— Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 14 Sep. 2026
Most home cooks won’t need all three; most knife enthusiasts couldn’t imagine their collection without them.

— Jesse Raub, Bon Appetit Magazine, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of enthusiasts

Noun

More suckers may continue to appear for several years unless the stump is ground up or treated with tree stump killer.

— Luke Miller, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Sep. 2026
One was a regional distributor of garbage trucks, street sweepers, and sewer suckers for municipalities.

— Eric Zwick, The Atlantic, 14 Sep. 2026

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