Synonyms for fanatic
fəˈnæt ɪkfa·nat·ic

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1. fanatic

   Synonyms:
   enthusiast, bigot, visionary, zealot

   Antonyms:
   skeptic, unbeliever, cynic

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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

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

   Antonyms:
   passionless

2. fanatic, fanatical, overzealous, rabidadjective

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

   "rabid isolationist"

   Synonyms:
   fanatical, rabid, overzealous

   Antonyms:
   passionless

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1. fanaticnoun

   Synonyms:
   enthusiast (especially on religious subjects), visionary, zealot

2. fanaticadjective

   Synonyms:
   enthusiastic, visionary, wild, mad

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1. fanaticnoun

   Synonyms:
   extremist, visionary, zealot

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1. List of paraphrases for "fanatic":

   fanatical, zealot, bigoted, fanaticism

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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. Finley Peter Dunne:

   A fanatic is a man that does what he thinks the Lord would do if He knew the facts of the case.

3. Milton R. Sapirstein:

   There is nobody as enslaved as the fanatic, the person in whom one impulse, one value, has assumed ascendancy over all others.

4. Philipp Henschel:

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

5. 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.