Synonyms for FAN
fæn, fɑnfan

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.3 / 4 votes

1. fan

   Synonyms:
   agitate, arouse, excite, kindle, provoke, rouse, stir, stir up

   Antonyms:
   allay, alleviate, appease, calm, compose, mollify, pacify, quiet, soothe, still, tranquilize

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1. fannoun

   a device for creating a current of air by movement of a surface or surfaces

   Synonyms:
   lover, buff, rooter, devotee, sports fan

2. sports fan, fan, rooternoun

   an enthusiastic devotee of sports

   Synonyms:
   lover, buff, rooter, fan, devotee, sports fan

3. fan, buff, devotee, loververb

   an ardent follower and admirer

   Synonyms:
   sports fan, buffer, rooter, devotee, lover, caramel brown, raw sienna, fan, yellowish brown, buff, caramel

4. fanverb

   strike out (a batter), (of a pitcher)

   Synonyms:
   winnow

5. fanverb

   make (an emotion) fiercer

   "fan hatred"

   Synonyms:
   winnow

6. fanverb

   agitate the air

   Synonyms:
   winnow

7. winnow, fanverb

   separate the chaff from by using air currents

   "She stood there winnowing chaff all day in the field"

   Synonyms:
   cull out, fan, winnow

Matched Categories

1. • Agitate
   • Baseball
   • Device
   • Intensify
   • Strike Out

Editors ContributionRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. grille

   because it has a fan in the grille

   i just turned off the fan on the grille

   Submitted by rinat on August 20, 2019  

2. stan

   Submitted by ryan_1 on July 18, 2020  

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1. fannoun

   Synonyms:
   flabellum (Eccl.)

   Associated words:
   brin, panache, plicate, plicated

2. fanverb

   Synonyms:
   winnow, cool, ventilate, stimulate, rouse, foment, provoke, encourage

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "fan":

   blower, fans, admirer, ventilator, cone, pham, vent, powder, groupie, supporter, suction, van, ventilation

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How to use FAN in a sentence?

1. Henry Cejudo:

   Wrestling was my first love, what better what to do it with than with a girl that everybodys freakin drooling over, you know? I met her on the plane on my way over to the UFC. Im a big fan, I watch her show. My little niece is like, the biggest Nikki Bella fan. Turned into my lucky charm, now shes calling me out on social media.

2. Yasushi Watanabe:

   As I've been a Disney fan for many years, I'm happy that I was able to play a role( in the discovery), we're absolutely delighted to learn that a copy of the lost film exists.

3. Felix Tamsut:

   Generally speaking, the situation is much better than it used to be 20 to 30 years ago, and that's largely thanks to the ultra movement and fan activism in general, but anti-Semitism is slowly returning to being a thing in German society, so it's bound to have some sort of an effect on the game.

4. Drake Bell:

   I know that this has moved very quickly for you, but for me it's been a three-year thorough investigation into every false claim that has been made, and it's not me telling you that the claims are false, but the state of Ohio has proven the claims to be false, if these claims were remotely true, my situation would be very different, and I would not be here at home with my wife and my son. But that being said, I'm not perfect, and I made mistakes. I responded to a fan whose age I didn't know … yet when I became aware of their age, all conversation and communication stopped.

5. Donald Trump:

   I was never a fan of John McCain and I will never be.