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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How to use fanatic in a sentence?

1. 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.

2. Bertrand Russell:

   The practical objection to Puritanism, as to every form of fanaticism, is that it singles out certain evils as so much worse than others that they must be suppressed at all costs. The fanatic fails to recognise that the suppression of a real evil, if carried out too drastically, produces other evils which are even greater.

3. Heywood:

   Just as every conviction begins as a whim so does every emancipator serve his apprenticeship as a crank. A fanatic is a great leader who is just entering the room.

4. Philipp Henschel:

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

5. Winston Churchill:

   Fanatic. One who can't change his mind and won't change the subject.