Synonyms for fanatic

Most common

enthusiast · zealot · fan · aficionado

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

Adjective

Antonyms

moderate, skeptic, agnostic

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Definitions

1. n. 1

   A person who is zealously enthusiastic for some cause.

   A fanatic is one who redoubles his effort when he has forgotten his aim. —George Santayana

2. adj. 1

   Fanatical.

Forms

Plural

fanatics → enthusiasts, zealots, fiends, fans…

Example sentences

• fan Sami wasn't a big fan of the public school system.
• enthusiast He is much more of a golf enthusiast than I am.
• aficionado As you might already know, I am an aficionado of old books.
• zealot James was a right-wing zealot.
• monomaniac Karl is an egocentric monomaniac.

Popularity over time

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters

fan¹, bug¹

4 letters

buff¹

5 letters

freak¹, bigot², fiend¹, rabid²

6 letters

addict², maniac³, zealot², votary

7 letters

devotee³

8 letters

partisan³

9 letters

extremist³, visionary⁴, fanatical⁴

10 letters

passionate³, enthusiast⁴, aficionado⁵, monomaniac

12 letters

enthusiastic⁵

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (bigot² = 2 syllables).