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| Main Entry: | aficionado |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fan |
| Synonyms: | connoisseur, devotee, enthusiast, fanatic |
| Main Entry: | adherent |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | supporter or follower |
| Synonyms: | advocate, aficionado, backer, believer, devotee, disciple, enthusiast, fan, hanger-on, card-carrying member |
| Main Entry: | buff |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | enthusiast |
| Synonyms: | addict, admirer, aficionado, connoisseur, devotee, expert, fan, fiend*, freak*, habitué, hound, lover, votary |
| Antonyms: | detractor, opponent |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | connoisseur |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | authority |
| Synonyms: | adept, aesthete, aficionado, arbiter, bon vivant, buff*, cognoscente, critic, devotee, dilettante, epicure, expert, fan, freak*, gourmet, judge, maven*, nut*, savant, specialist, appreciator, one into |
| Antonyms: | ignoramus |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | devotee |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ardent supporter; fan |
| Synonyms: | addict, adherent, admirer, aficionado, amateur, believer, booster, buff, disciple, enthusiast, fanatic, fiend, follower, groupie, habitué, junkie, lover, supporter, votary, fancier, rooter, votarient |
| Antonyms: | adversary, antagonist, enemy |
| Main Entry: | enthusiast |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person active in interest |
| Synonyms: | addict, admirer, aficionado, believer, buff, bug*, bum*, devotee, eccentric, fan, fanatic, follower, freak, habitué, lover, maniac, nut*, optimist, participant, partisan, supporter, votary, worshiper, zealot, monomaniac, rooter |
| Antonyms: | critic, detractor, pessimist |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bon vivant |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | one who lives well |
| Synonyms: | aficionado, connoisseur, enthusiast, epicure, epicurean, gastronome, gourmand, gourmet, connoisseur of food, connoisseur of wine, gastronomist, refined palate, social person |
| Main Entry: | fan |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person enthusiastic about an interest |
| Synonyms: | addict, adherent, admirer, aficionado, amateur, buff, devotee, follower, freak*, groupie*, habitué, hound, lover, supporter, votary, zealot, rooter |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fiend |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person overenthusiastic about interest |
| Synonyms: | addict, aficionado, bigot, devotee, enthusiast, fan, fanatic, freak, maniac, nut*, votary, zealot, monomaniac, votarist |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | freak |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person enthused about something |
| Synonyms: | addict, aficionado, buff, bug*, devotee, enthusiast, fan, fanatic, fiend*, maniac, nut*, zealot |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | lunatic fringe |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | holders of extreme views |
| Synonyms: | nuts, aficionados, energumen, extremists, fanatical group, fanaticos, fanatics, nympholepts, zealots |
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