Fanatic

/fəˈnæt.ɪk/

Synonyms for "fanatic" (224 found)

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Closest matches (45)

accepter addict aficionado alien aliene ass bedlamite believer bigot bigoted bitter-enderborderline casebuff bug bulldogged bullethead bullheaded casecase hardenedcatechumen

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character chauvinist christian churchgoer churchite churchman collector communicant convert crackbrain crackpot crankdaily communicantdement demon demoniac devotee devotionalist diehard

Noun(6 words)

aficionado ardent brainwashed dervish devoted devotee

Strong matches (67)

disciple doctrinaire dogged dogmatic dogmatist donkeyeager beavereccentric energumen enthusiast extravagant extreme extremist faddist fan fanatico fiend fiery flake flaming

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follower fou freak furiousgod-fearing mangood christiangreat one forhaggardhard corehardheaded hardnose headstrong heated hermit hobbyist hobo hot hotheaded hound idiot illiberal infatuate inflamed inordinate intolerant intransigeant intransigent irrational jingo kook

Noun(16 words)

dogmatist dork enthusiast enthusiastic extreme extremist extremists fervent fiend fundamentalist glutton hardliner hooliganideology adherentidolaters junkies

Adjective(1 words)

fanatical

Related words (112)

last-ditcherlone wolfloner loon loony lunaticlunatic fringemadcap madmanmale chauvinistmaniac maverick meshuggenah monomaniac mule mulish natural neophyte noncompos nonconformist

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nut obstinateodd fellowoddball oddity opinionated original outsider overenthusiastic overreligious pariah partisan passionate perfervid persevering pertinaciousperverse foolphrenetic pietist pig pighead pigheaded positivist proselyte purist puritan pursuerqueer duckqueer fishqueer specimenrabid racist radicalrara avisraving lunaticreceiverred hotreligionist restive revolutional revolutionary revolutionist rhapsodist saint scorching screwball sectarian self-willed set sexist solitary standpat standpatter sticklerstiff neckedstrong willedstubbornsucker forsullen superpatriot tenacious theist tramp truster type ultra ultraist ultranationalist uncooperative unreasonable unregenerate visionary votary weirdowhite hotwild eyedwillful zealot

Noun(11 words)

maniacs monomaniacs obsessives radical savonarolatrue believerultras wingnut zealot zealots zealous

Adjective(3 words)

obsessive overzealous rabid

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More general

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admirer believer enthusiast extreme extremism extremist fan intense intensitylover of activitypartisan partizan person

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10 entries

dogmatic militantmilitant activistmusic fanaticpolitical extremistpolitical fanaticreligious extremistreligious fanaticsports fanaticvideo game fanatic

Collocations

10 entries

fanatical adherencefanatical devotionfanatical fervorfanatical ideologyfanatical zealideological fanaticpolitical fanaticrabid fanaticreligious fanaticsports fanatic

Inflections

4 entries

fanaticsless fanaticmore fanaticmost fanatic

Derivations

4 entries

fanatical fanatically fanaticism fanaticity

similar

1 entries

passionate

Sample sentences

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A fanatic threw a bomb at the king's coach.

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Tom is a fitness fanatic.

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He's a bread baking fanatic.

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He's a science fiction fanatic.

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