Antonyms for fanatic
fəˈnæt ɪkfa·nat·ic

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1. fanatic

   Antonyms:
   skeptic, unbeliever, cynic

   Synonyms:
   enthusiast, bigot, visionary, zealot

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1. fanatic, fiendadjective

   a person motivated by irrational enthusiasm (as for a cause)

   "A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject"--Winston Churchill

   Antonyms:
   passionless

   Synonyms:
   monster, daemon, fiend, ogre, devil, demon, daimon

2. fanatic, fanatical, overzealous, rabidadjective

   marked by excessive enthusiasm for and intense devotion to a cause or idea

   "rabid isolationist"

   Antonyms:
   passionless

   Synonyms:
   fanatical, rabid, overzealous

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1. fanaticnoun

   Synonyms:
   extremist, visionary, zealot

How to use fanatic in a sentence?

1. Hannah Baxter:

   Although I'm a certified beauty fanatic, it pains me to witness all of the wasted packaging that isn't recyclable wind up in landfills, i think a lot of people would be surprised to learn that bottle pumps, which are so ubiquitous, can't be recycled since many of the metal components are too small. That's why I'm a big fan of companies that offer refillable containers and that sell bulk refills so I can keep my original bottle and pump for years.

2. Nader Masadeh:

   Typically, when people think of Buffalo wings, they think of restaurants that are dark, masculine man caves, with mostly beer and lots of fried food and neon lights. The menu is often an afterthought, what we decided to do is make a new experience, one that is more female- and family-friendly, but where we don’t forget about the needs of the traditional sports fanatic.

3. Philipp Henschel:

   We are thinking of naming the lion 'Ali' after the president as he's a cat fanatic.

4. Becky Sauerbrunn:

   We've always had very strong, fanatic, loyal supporters, but we're starting to win more people over into that group. The interest that we got in Canada has definitely carried over. And we hope to keep riding that success.

5. Lord Billingsley:

   The true fanatic is a theocrat, someone who sees himself as acting on behalf of some super personal force the Race, the Party, History, the proletariat, the Poor, and so on. These absolve him from evil, hence he may safely do anything in their service.

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