Synonyms for buff
- noun
- verb
- adjective
Most common
Definitions
- n. 1
A person who is very interested in a particular subject.
He’s a real history buff. He knows everything there is to know about the civil war.
- n. 2
Undyed leather from the skin of buffalo or similar animals.
- v. 1
To polish and make shiny by rubbing.
He was already buffing the car's hubs.
- adj. 1
Of the color of buff leather, a brownish yellow.
Related words
- Word family
- buffery buffhood buffism
- Phrases
- in the buff buff up blind man's buff railway buff buff wheel
- Other spellings
- buffe
Example sentences
- lover Dan overheard Linda's conversation with her lover.
- enthusiast He is much more of a golf enthusiast than I am.
- fanatic I didn't know that Tom was a religious fanatic.
- aficionado As you might already know, I am an aficionado of old books.
- revamp Keep the estate, but revamp the house!
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| buff | falling | |
| lover | rising | |
| enthusiast | steady | |
| fanatic | steady | |
| aficionado | rising | |
| revamp | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- fan1, wax1
- 4 letters
- geek1, ocky
- 5 letters
- lover2, shine1, freak1, fiend1, swole, hench1
- 6 letters
- yellow2, polish2, addict2, buffet2, junkie2, revamp2, zealot2, rooter2, votary
- 7 letters
- amateur3, caramel3, fanatic3, admirer3, devotee3, fancier3, burnish2, furbish2
- 8 letters
- partisan3, muscular3
- 10 letters
- enthusiast4, aficionado5
- 11 letters
- connoisseur3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (lover2 = 2 syllables).