About The Word Enthusiast
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Enthusiast
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What's The Definition Of Enthusiast?
[n] an ardent and enthusiastic supporter of some person or activity
[n] a person having a strong liking for something Synonyms | Synonyms for Enthusiast: fancier | partisan | partizan Related Terms | Find terms related to Enthusiast: activist | addict | adherent | admirer | aficionado | ball of fire | bear | beaver | bigot | big-time operator | booster | buff | bug | bum | bustler | busy bee | champion | collector | crank | daydreamer | demon | devotee | disciple | doer | Don Quixote | dreamer | dreamer of dreams | eager beaver | energumen | escapist | extremist | faddist | fan | fanatic | fanatico | fiend | follower | freak | go-getter | great one for | groupie | habitue | head | hobbyist | hound | human dynamo | hustler | idealist | infatuate | live wire | lotus-eater | lover | lunatic fringe | man of action | man of deeds | maniac | militant | monomaniac | new broom | nut | operator | partisan | political activist | powerhouse | promoter | prophet | pursuer | Quixote | rhapsodist | romancer | romantic | romanticist | seer | sucker for | supporter | take-charge guy | utopian | utopianist | utopianizer | visionary | votary | wheeler-dealer | winner | wishful thinker | zealot See Also | addict | admirer | adorer | animal fancier | backslapper | balletomane | bird fancier | booster | champion | fan | fanatic | fiend | freak | friend | gadgeteer | nut | protagonist | shutterbug | sports fan | supporter Enthusiast In Webster's Dictionary \En*thu"si*ast\, n. [Gr. ?: cf. F. enthousiaste.]
One moved or actuated by enthusiasm; as:
(a) One who imagines himself divinely inspired, or possessed
of some special revelation; a religious madman; a
fanatic.
(b) One whose mind is wholly possessed and heated by what
engages it; one who is influenced by a peculiar; fervor
of mind; an ardent and imaginative person.
Enthusiasts soon understand each other. --W.
Irving.
Syn: Visionary; fanatic; devotee; zealot.
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