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, fanatic, 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, fanatic, 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. 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.

2. Philipp Henschel:

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

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. Aldous Huxley:

   Defined in psychological terms, a fanatic is a man who consciously over-compensates a secret doubt.