haunters

noun

plural of haunter
as in fans
someone who regularly spends time in a particular place she's been a haunter of bookstores since her college days

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Recent Examples of haunters Jen Bianco, owner of TransWorld Tradeshows, has watched attendance at her massive Halloween and attraction events surge in recent years as professional haunters trade tips, technology and terrifying new ideas. — Isabel Rosales, CNN Money, 25 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for haunters
  1. fans
  2. lovers
  3. guests
  4. denizens
  5. patrons
  6. regulars
  7. rats
Noun
  • Top Chef and Traitors fans, don’t skip out on a visit to Kristen Kish’s restaurant Arlo Grey, also located on the hotel’s first floor.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Aug. 2026
  • When 39 days of elite physical punishment concluded with stadium lights dimming across North America, millions of fans limped away from watch parties with hoarse voices and sore feet.
    — Lilian Raji, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of fans
Noun
  • This menu is easily intriguing enough to lure food lovers back for chef Mederos’ tasting menu.
    — Connie Ogle July 31, Miami Herald, 31 July 2026
  • The book pays homage to all your classic romance tropes — fake relationship, enemies to lovers, boy next door — but spins them on their head in this new take on what happily ever after looks like.
    — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 31 July 2026
Definition of lovers
Noun
  • Another quintessential Ibiza experience is a day trip to the nearby island of Formentera, which the hotel will happily arrange for guests.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 July 2026
  • The couple and their families aside, wedding guests too feel the need to cultivate the perfect wardrobe, spending on several new pieces every season.
    — CNN Money, CNN Money, 30 July 2026
Definition of guests
Noun
  • The wealthiest denizens often hire landscape designers, who precisely source the trees, flowers, and shrubs to plant for one’s wildest aesthetic desires.
    — Elise Taylor, Vanity Fair, 24 July 2026
  • However, there were the other denizens of bohemia who, like Harrington, sought to create goods of value beyond their market measure.
    — Michael Bernick, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
Definition of denizens
Noun
  • For customers, the bigger takeaway is that competition in fast food appears to be getting tighter, especially as hungry patrons pay closer attention to freshness, variety and value.
    — Staff reports, USA Today, 20 July 2026
  • Pride events are held today in San Diego to honor the Stonewall uprising of 1969, when police raided the Stonewall Inn in New York City and patrons fought back in a dayslong confrontation.
    — Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 July 2026
Definition of patrons
Noun
  • Among the tourists there to try some of the famous pizza pies, there are also a huge number of locals who call themselves regulars.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 July 2026
  • The valley's key fine-dining room, owner Bill Jollymore and his son Chef Aaron, turn out regional steaks and Pacific Northwest seafood to a room of regulars.
    — Lauren Mowery, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
Definition of regulars
Noun
  • More than a month after a massive fire swept through the warehouse, Lineage is still working to remove more than 85 million pounds of weeks-old food, which has brought rancid odors, flies and rats to the surrounding area.
    — Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2026
  • Getting into the habit of leaving dirty dishes in the sink provides pests such as German cockroaches, ants, mice, and rats with a constant food source.
    — Olivia McIntosh, Martha Stewart, 27 July 2026
Definition of rats

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“Haunters.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/haunters. Accessed 3 Aug. 2026.

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