Fan

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Synonyms for "fan" (346 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Strong matches (103)

crap out critic cross-ventilate crotch crutch dangler defender delta dependence dependent deploy devotee dilettante disciple disperse draw a blank driver drop a bomb drop the ball electric fan

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Noun(9 words)

enthusiast fanatic fancier fancy fiend fool freak geek hand fan

Proper Noun(1 words)

fanxian

Related words (173)

inflame infuriate inguen instigate key up kindle lather up lauder lay an egg light the fuse light up lose out lover lunatic fringe madden maecenas mainstay maintainer monomaniac move

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muffler nettle not hack it not make it nut offshoot open open up outspread outstretch overexcite overgrow overrun oxygenate oxygenize paddle wheel panegyrist paranymph parasite partisan parts patron pique piston plugger praiser promoter prong prop propellant propeller propulsor protagonist provoke public puffer pundit punkah pursuer pursuivant put up to rally ramification ramify refresh reliance rooter rotator rotor rouse ruffle satellite savant scenester scholar scour screw screw propeller search second seconder sectary set astir set fire to set on set on fire shadow shake down sic on sider specialist spectator splay sponsor sports fan spraddle sprangle sprawl spread spread like wildfire spread out stalwart standby steam up stem stir stir the blood stir the embers stir the feelings stir up stooge strike out successor summon up support supporter surface cooler sustainer sympathizer tagtail tail take the count technical expert technician theatergoer thermantidote tickle tout touter trainbearer trident turbine turn on twin screws unfold upholder v ventilate ventilator visitor votary wake wake up waken ward heeler warm warm the blood water cooler well-wisher wheel whet whiff whip up widen wind windcatcher windsail windscoop wine cooler wishbone work into work up worshiper zealot

Noun(8 words)

junkie lover maniac partisan scenester sports fan trash zealot

Verb(1 words)

winnow

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

19 relation types

More general

19 entries

agitate compound deepen device enthusiast follower heighten intensify partisan partizan person pull remove shake strike out take

Showing 16 of 19 words.

More specific

52 entries

Beatlemaniac Belieber Juggalette Juggalo Mameluke Mansonite Numanoid Rhenish fan alluvial fan case fan ceiling fan cooling fan desk fan dittohead dress fan ducted fan

Showing 16 of 52 words.

Antonyms

1 entries

hater

Synonyms

2 entries

sports fan winnow

Related terms

7 entries

Beatlemania T'u-lu-fan addict fan-ch'ieh fan-tan groupie thumbing

at location

12 entries

appliance store bedroom football stadium hockey game hot room living room room south sporting event sports stadium stadium window

capable of

17 entries

come in many sizes complete puzzle cool air cool cpu cool hot room cool off in summer cool off person cool person cool room cool skin following team's record go crazy hope team wins refer to enthusiastic about shout during game side with home team

Showing 16 of 17 words.

derived

184 entries

Anglofan BNF Batfan Callafan Cumberfan FIAWOL FIJAGH Fanilow Fanilton Fannibal Fanson Hamilfan HitlerFan1488 Mirfanda Phan Pokéfan

Showing 16 of 184 words.

etymologically related_to

4 entries

fancy fanny frances winnow

has a

1 entries

blades

has context

4 entries

baseball brewing maths metaphoric

has property

2 entries

more useful with handle short for fanatic

holonym

2 entries

fan base fandom

is a

10 entries

climate control device cooling device device electrical appliance electrical device electrical household appliance follower person river somone wno likes team

manner of

3 entries

intensify shake strike out

part of

1 entries

cooling system

receives action

1 entries

used in summer

related to

79 entries

admirer aficionado air air conditioner air cooler appliance baseball baseball crowd behind blade blades blades cool blow blowing blowing air blowing device

Showing 16 of 79 words.

used for

24 entries

aerate blowing air circulate air circulating air clearing bathroom of smells clearing kitchen of smells cool bowl of rice cool off cool people cool people down cool room cool yourself cooling air cooling off generating breeze increasing comfort

Showing 16 of 24 words.

Translations

574 translations across 115 languages.

Afrikaans

1 entries

reeks noun (hand-held device)

Albanian

4 entries

erashkë noun (hand-held device)
freskore noun (hand-held device)
freskore noun (electrical device)
tifoz noun (admirer)

Ancient Greek

1 entries

ῥιπίς noun (hand-held device)

Arabic

4 entries

مروحة noun (hand-held device)
مروحة noun (hand-held device)
مروحة noun (electrical device)
مروحة noun (electrical device)

Armenian

4 entries

երկրպագու noun (admirer)
հովհար noun (hand-held device)
հովհարիչ noun (electrical device)
օդափոխիչ noun (electrical device)

Assamese

4 entries

ফেন noun (electrical device)
বিচনী noun (hand-held device)
বিচনী noun (electrical device)
বিচ verb (to blow air on by means of an electric fan)

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

4 entries

ܒܵܥܘܼܝܵܐ noun (admirer)
ܝܲܠܦܘܼܟ noun (hand-held device)
ܡܲܦܘܼܚܬܵܐ noun (hand-held device)
ܡܲܦܘܼܚܬܵܐ noun (electrical device)

Asturian

1 entries

abanicu noun (hand-held device)

Azerbaijani

4 entries

azarkeş noun (admirer)
fanat noun (admirer)
sərinkeş noun (electrical device)
ventilyator noun (electrical device)

Baluchi

2 entries

گواتو noun (hand-held device)
گواتو noun (electrical device)

Basque

1 entries

miresle noun (admirer)

Belarusian

4 entries

бале́льшчык noun (admirer)
бале́льшчыца noun (admirer)
ве́ер noun (hand-held device)
вентыля́тар noun (electrical device)

Bengali

2 entries

ফ্যান noun (electrical device)
সমর্থক noun (admirer)

Bulgarian

4 entries

вентила́тор noun (electrical device)
ветри́ло noun (hand-held device)
запаля́нко noun (admirer)
фен noun (admirer)

Burmese

3 entries

ပန်ကာ noun (electrical device)
ယပ် noun (hand-held device)
လေရဟတ် noun (electrical device)

Catalan

4 entries

aficionat noun (admirer)
fan noun (admirer)
palmito noun (hand-held device)
vano noun (hand-held device)

Cebuano

1 entries

abaniko noun (hand-held device)

Central Dusun

1 entries

kikiap noun (hand-held device)

Central Kurdish

3 entries

باوەشێن noun (hand-held device)
پەروانە noun (electrical device)
باوەشێن کردن verb (to blow air on by means of an electric fan)

Chamicuro

1 entries

shkema noun (hand-held device)

Chinese

4 entries

扇 noun (hand-held device)
電扇 /电扇 noun (electrical device)
電風 /电风 noun (electrical device)
電風扇 /电风扇 noun (electrical device)

Chinese Cantonese

4 entries

范 name (county; surname)
fan屎 noun (admirer)
愛好者 /爱好者 noun (admirer)
扇 noun (hand-held device)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

范 name (county; surname)
愛好者 /爱好者 noun (admirer)
扇 noun (hand-held device)
扇 noun (anything resembling a hand-held fan)

Czech

4 entries

fanoušek noun (admirer)
fanoušice noun (admirer)
fanynka noun (admirer)
milovnice noun (admirer)

Danish

4 entries

entusiast noun (admirer)
fan noun (admirer)
tilhænger noun (admirer)
ventilator noun (electrical device)

Dari

2 entries

پَکَه noun (electrical device)
پَکَه دَسْتِی noun (hand-held device)

Dutch

4 entries

bewonderaar noun (admirer)
bewonderaarster noun (admirer)
fan noun (admirer)
liefhebber noun (admirer)

Esperanto

4 entries

adepto noun (admirer)
admiranto noun (admirer)
entuziasmulo noun (admirer)
fanatikulo noun (admirer)

Estonian

4 entries

austaja noun (admirer)
fänn noun (admirer)
imetleja noun (admirer)
lehvik noun (hand-held device)

Finnish

4 entries

diggari noun (admirer)
fani noun (admirer)
ihailija noun (admirer)
kaari noun (anything resembling a hand-held fan)

French

4 entries

admirateur noun (admirer)
admiratrice noun (admirer)
fan noun (admirer)
mordu noun (admirer)

Galician

4 entries

abanico noun (hand-held device)
abano noun (hand-held device)
abano noun (anything resembling a hand-held fan)
admirador noun (admirer)

Georgian

4 entries

გულშემატკივარი noun (admirer)
ვენტილატორი noun (electrical device)
მარაო noun (hand-held device)
ფანი noun (admirer)

German

4 entries

Anhänger noun (admirer)
Anhängerschaft noun (admirer)
Anhängerschaft noun (admirer)
Bewunderer noun (admirer)

Greek

4 entries

ανεμιστήρας noun (electrical device)
βεντάλια noun (hand-held device)
οπαδός noun (admirer)
αερίζω verb (to blow air on by means of an electric fan)

Gujarati

4 entries

ચાહક noun (admirer)
પંખો noun (electrical device)
પ્રશંસક noun (admirer)
સમર્થક noun (admirer)

Hakka Chinese

2 entries

扇仔 noun (hand-held device)
電扇 /电扇 noun (electrical device)

Hawaiian

2 entries

peʻahi noun (hand-held device)
peʻahi uila noun (electrical device)

Hebrew

4 entries

אוֹהֵד noun (admirer)
וֶנְטִילָטוֹר noun (electrical device)
חוֹבֵב noun (admirer)
מְנִיפָה noun (hand-held device)

Hiligaynon

3 entries

abaníko noun (hand-held device)
abaníko noun (anything resembling a hand-held fan)
abaníko verb (to blow air on by means of an electric fan)

Hindi

3 entries

पंखा noun (hand-held device)
पंखा noun (electrical device)
प्रशंसक noun (admirer)

Hungarian

4 entries

legyező noun (hand-held device)
legyező noun (anything resembling a hand-held fan)
rajongó noun (admirer)
szurkoló noun (admirer)

Ibanag

1 entries

affefec noun (hand-held device)

Icelandic

4 entries

aðdáandi noun (admirer)
blævængur noun (hand-held device)
vifta noun (hand-held device)
vifta noun (electrical device)

Indonesian

4 entries

kipas noun (hand-held device)
kipas angin noun (electrical device)
penggemar noun (admirer)
penyuka noun (admirer)

Ingrian

1 entries

löyhyttää verb (to blow air on by means of a hand-held fan)

Interlingua

4 entries

devoto noun (admirer)
fan noun (admirer)
fanatico noun (admirer)
flabello noun (hand-held device)

Iranian Persian

4 entries

بادْبِزَن noun (hand-held device)
فَن noun (electrical device)
فَنِ اِلِکْتْریکی noun (electrical device)
مِرْوَحِه noun (hand-held device)

Iraqi Arabic

1 entries

بَنْكَة noun (electrical device)

Irish

1 entries

gaothrán noun (electrical device)

Italian

4 entries

tifo noun (admirer)
tifoso noun (admirer)
ventaglio noun (hand-held device)
ventilatore noun (electrical device)

Japanese

4 entries

ファン noun (admirer)
愛好家 noun (admirer)
愛好者 noun (admirer)
扇 noun (anything resembling a hand-held fan)

Kapampangan

1 entries

pamepe noun (hand-held device)

Kazakh

4 entries

вентилятор noun (electrical device)
жанкүйер noun (admirer)
желдеткіш noun (electrical device)
желпуіш noun (hand-held device)

Khmer

4 entries

កង្ហារ noun (electrical device)
ផ្លិត noun (hand-held device)
ផ្លិត noun (anything resembling a hand-held fan)
អ្នកគាំទ្រ noun (admirer)

Korean

4 entries

덕후 noun (admirer)
부채 noun (hand-held device)
선풍기 noun (electrical device)
팬 noun (electrical device)

Kyrgyz

4 entries

веер noun (hand-held device)
вентилятор noun (electrical device)
желпиме noun (electrical device)
желпнигич noun (hand-held device)

Lao

2 entries

ພັດລົມ noun (electrical device)
ວີ noun (hand-held device)

Latin

4 entries

fautor noun (admirer)
fautrix noun (admirer)
flābellum noun (hand-held device)
perquīsītor noun (admirer)

Latvian

4 entries

cienītājs noun (admirer)
fans noun (admirer)
fēns noun (electrical device)
ventilators noun (electrical device)

Lithuanian

4 entries

fanas noun (admirer)
gerbėjas noun (admirer)
sirgalius noun (admirer)
ventiliatorius noun (electrical device)

Livonian

1 entries

ovstiji noun (admirer)

Macedonian

4 entries

вентила́тор noun (electrical device)
ладало noun (hand-held device)
лепе́за noun (hand-held device)
лепе́за noun (anything resembling a hand-held fan)

Malay

4 entries

elektrik noun (electrical device)
kipas noun (hand-held device)
kipas angin noun (electrical device)
peminat noun (admirer)

Malayalam

4 entries

ആരാധക noun (admirer)
ആരാധകൻ noun (admirer)
പങ്ക noun (electrical device)
ഫാൻ noun (electrical device)

Manchu

1 entries

ᡶᡠᠰᡥᡝᠮᠪᡳ verb (to blow air on by means of a hand-held fan)

Mongolian

4 entries

сэнс noun (electrical device)
цахилгаан сэнс noun (electrical device)
ᠰᠡᠩᠰᠡ noun (electrical device)
ᠴᠠᠬᠢᠯᠭᠠᠨ ᠰᠡᠩᠰᠡ noun (electrical device)

Māori

4 entries

kaiwhakamiha noun (admirer)
kiriwhakamiha noun (admirer)
kōheuheu noun (hand-held device)
kōwhiuwhiu noun (hand-held device)

Norman

1 entries

êventail êlectrique noun (electrical device)

Northern Kurdish

1 entries

pank noun (electrical device)

Norwegian

1 entries

vifte verb (to blow air on by means of a hand-held fan)

Norwegian Bokmål

4 entries

fan noun (admirer)
tilhenger noun (admirer)
vifte noun (hand-held device)
vifte noun (electrical device)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries

fan noun (admirer)
tilhengjar noun (admirer)

Old English

2 entries

fann noun (hand-held device)
windsċofl noun (hand-held device)

Old High German

1 entries

wintscūfla noun (hand-held device)

Old Saxon

1 entries

windskūfla noun (hand-held device)

Ottoman Turkish

3 entries

بادزن noun (hand-held device)
یلپازه noun (hand-held device)
یلپازهلمك verb (to blow air on by means of a hand-held fan)

Pali

4 entries

tālavaṇṭa noun (hand-held device)
vijanī noun (hand-held device)
vijjuvījanī noun (electrical device)
vāyavaṃsa noun (electrical device)

Pashto

2 entries

پکه noun (hand-held device)
پکه noun (electrical device)

Persian

4 entries

طَرَفْدار noun (admirer)
فَن noun (admirer)
هَوادار noun (admirer)
پَنْکَه noun (electrical device)

Polish

4 entries

fan noun (admirer)
fanka noun (admirer)
kibic noun (admirer)
kibicka noun (admirer)

Portuguese

4 entries

abanico noun (anything resembling a hand-held fan)
abano noun (anything resembling a hand-held fan)
adepto noun (admirer)
flabelo noun (anything resembling a hand-held fan)

Rohingya

1 entries

fangká noun (hand-held device)

Romagnol

1 entries

vintàj noun (hand-held device)

Romanian

4 entries

admiratoare noun (admirer)
admirator noun (admirer)
evantai noun (hand-held device)
fan noun (admirer)

Russian

4 entries

боле́льщик noun (admirer)
боле́льщица noun (admirer)
ве́ер noun (hand-held device)
ве́ер noun (anything resembling a hand-held fan)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

lepéza noun (hand-held device)
ljùbitelj noun (admirer)
navìjāč noun (admirer)
obožàvalac noun (admirer)

Sinhalese

2 entries

රසිකයා noun (admirer)
විදුලි පංකාව noun (electrical device)

Slovak

4 entries

fanynka noun (admirer)
fanúšik noun (admirer)
fanúšička noun (admirer)
nadšenec noun (admirer)

Slovene

4 entries

navijač noun (admirer)
navijačica noun (admirer)
občudovalec noun (admirer)
občudovalka noun (admirer)

Southern Altai

1 entries

веер noun (hand-held device)

Spanish

4 entries

abanico noun (hand-held device)
abanico noun (electrical device)
abano noun (hand-held device)
aficionado noun (admirer)

Sundanese

2 entries

ngageberkeun verb (to blow air on by means of a hand-held fan)
ngahihidan verb (to blow air on by means of a hand-held fan)

Swahili

1 entries

shabiki noun (admirer)

Swedish

4 entries

beundrare noun (admirer)
fan noun (admirer)
fläkt noun (electrical device)
solfjäder noun (hand-held device)

Sylheti

2 entries

ꠙꠣꠈꠣ noun (hand-held device)
ꠚꠣꠟꠣ verb (to blow air on by means of an electric fan)

Tagalog

4 entries

abaniko noun (hand-held device)
bentilador noun (electrical device)
pamaypay noun (hand-held device)
tagahanga noun (admirer)

Tahitian

2 entries

tāhiri noun (hand-held device)
tāhirihiri noun (hand-held device)

Tajik

4 entries

бодбезак noun (hand-held device)
бодбизан noun (hand-held device)
бодкаш noun (electrical device)
вентилятор noun (electrical device)

Tamil

4 entries

மின்விசிறி noun (electrical device)
விசிறி noun (hand-held device)
விசிறி noun (anything resembling a hand-held fan)
விசிறி noun (admirer)

Tarifit

1 entries

taḥarraft noun (hand-held device)

Thai

4 entries

พัด noun (hand-held device)
พัด noun (anything resembling a hand-held fan)
พัดลม noun (electrical device)
สาวก noun (admirer)

Tibetan

2 entries

གློག་གི་བསིལ་འཁོར noun (electrical device)
གློག་བསྐུལ་རླུང་ཡབ noun (electrical device)

Tongan

1 entries

ī noun (hand-held device)

Turkish

4 entries

hayran noun (admirer)
taraftar noun (admirer)
vantilatör noun (electrical device)
yelpaze noun (hand-held device)

Turkmen

4 entries

wentilýator noun (electrical device)
ýelpavaaç noun (hand-held device)
ýelpemek noun (electrical device)
ýelpewaç noun (hand-held device)

Ukrainian

4 entries

болі́льник noun (admirer)
болі́льниця noun (admirer)
вахля́р noun (hand-held device)
вболіва́льник noun (admirer)

Urdu

4 entries

دِل دادَہ noun (admirer)
مِروَحَہ noun (hand-held device)
پَن٘کھا noun (hand-held device)
پَن٘کھا noun (electrical device)

Uyghur

3 entries

يەلپۈگۈچ noun (hand-held device)
يەلپۈگۈچ noun (electrical device)
ۋىنتىلياتور noun (electrical device)

Uzbek

4 entries

ishqiboz noun (admirer)
ventilyator noun (electrical device)
yelpigʻich noun (hand-held device)
yelpigʻich noun (electrical device)

Vietnamese

4 entries

fan noun (admirer)
người hâm mộ noun (admirer)
quạt noun (hand-held device)
quạt noun (electrical device)

Volapük

1 entries

keproan noun (admirer)

Welsh

1 entries

cefnogwr noun (admirer)

White Hmong

1 entries

ntxoam noun (hand-held device)

Zhuang

3 entries

beiz noun (hand-held device)
bingqbeiz noun (hand-held device)
gaiqbeiz noun (hand-held device)

Sample sentences

33 total sentences available.

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Tim is a huge fan of satirical comedy.

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There is a fan on the desk.

Source: tatoeba (20556)

Fan letters lay in a heap on the desk.

Source: tatoeba (20573)

Stop it! I'm a Giants fan.

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Fan

Synonyms for "fan" (346 found)

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Translations

Afrikaans

Albanian

Ancient Greek

Arabic

Armenian

Assamese

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Asturian

Azerbaijani

Baluchi

Basque

Belarusian

Bengali

Bulgarian

Burmese

Catalan

Cebuano

Central Dusun

Central Kurdish

Chamicuro

Chinese

Chinese Cantonese

Chinese Mandarin

Czech

Danish

Dari

Dutch

Esperanto

Estonian

Finnish

French

Galician

Georgian

German

Greek

Gujarati

Hakka Chinese

Hawaiian

Hebrew

Hiligaynon

Hindi

Hungarian

Ibanag

Icelandic

Indonesian

Ingrian

Interlingua

Iranian Persian

Iraqi Arabic

Irish

Italian

Japanese

Kapampangan

Kazakh