All fanatic synonyms
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F f noun fanatic
- devotee β Someone who is a devotee of a subject or activity is very enthusiastic about it.
- bigot β If you describe someone as a bigot, you mean that they are bigoted.
- freak β a fleck or streak of color.
- maniac β Mathematical Analyzer, Numerical Integrator and Computer
- radical β of or going to the root or origin; fundamental: a radical difference.
- nut β the goddess of the sky, sometimes shown as a cow bearing Ra on her back and the stars on her underside.
- visionary β given to or characterized by fanciful, not presently workable, or unpractical ideas, views, or schemes: a visionary enthusiast.
- zealot β a person who shows zeal.
- addict β An addict is someone who takes harmful drugs and cannot stop taking them.
- fiend β Satan; the devil.
- militant β vigorously active and aggressive, especially in support of a cause: militant reformers.
- activist β An activist is a person who works to bring about political or social changes by campaigning in public or working for an organization.
- fool β to trick, deceive, or impose on: They tried to fool him.
- crazy β If you describe someone or something as crazy, you think they are very foolish or strange.
- demon β A demon is an evil spirit.
- crank β If you call someone a crank, you think their ideas or behaviour are strange.
- bug β A bug is an insect or similar small creature.
- monomaniac β (no longer in technical use) a psychosis characterized by thoughts confined to one idea or group of ideas.
- enthusiast β A person who is highly interested in a particular activity or subject.
- obsessive β being, pertaining to, or resembling an obsession: an obsessive fear of illness.
- buff β Something that is buff is pale brown in colour.
- follower β a person or thing that follows.
- groupie β a young person, especially a teenage girl, who is an ardent admirer of rock musicians and may follow them on tour.
- supporter β a person or thing that supports.
- fan β an enthusiastic devotee, follower, or admirer of a sport, pastime, celebrity, etc.: a baseball fan; a great fan of Charlie Chaplin.
- admirer β If you are an admirer of someone, you like and respect them or their work very much.
- aficionado β If someone is an aficionado of something, they like it and know a lot about it.
- ultraist β extremism.
- fundamentalist β an adherent of fundamentalism, a religious movement characterized by a strict belief in the literal interpretation of religious texts: radical fundamentalists.
- crusader β A crusader for a cause is someone who does a lot in support of it.
- partisan β a shafted weapon of the 16th and 17th centuries, having as a head a long spear blade with a pair of curved lobes at the base.
- extremist β A person who holds extreme or fanatical political or religious views, esp. one who resorts to or advocates extreme action.
adjective fanatic
- fanatical β motivated or characterized by an extreme, uncritical enthusiasm or zeal, as in religion or politics.
- passionate β having, compelled by, or ruled by intense emotion or strong feeling; fervid: a passionate advocate of socialism.
- addicted β Someone who is addicted to a harmful drug cannot stop taking it.
- extreme β Reaching a high or the highest degree; very great.
- enthusiastic β Having or showing intense and eager enjoyment, interest, or approval.
- frenzied β wildly excited or enthusiastic: frenzied applause.
- devoted β Someone who is devoted to a person loves that person very much.
- dedicated β You use dedicated to describe someone who enjoys a particular activity very much and spends a lot of time doing it.
- fervent β having or showing great warmth or intensity of spirit, feeling, enthusiasm, etc.; ardent: a fervent admirer; a fervent plea.
- fixated β to fix; make stable or stationary.
- zealous β full of, characterized by, or due to zeal; ardently active, devoted, or diligent. Synonyms: enthusiastic, eager, fervid, fervent, intense, passionate, warm. Antonyms: apathetic; lackadaisical.
- keen β finely sharpened, as an edge; so shaped as to cut or pierce substances readily: a keen razor.