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buff - 20 thesaurus results
Main Entry: buff
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: sandy color
Synonyms: bare, blonde, ecru, lemon, nude, straw, tan, tawny, yellowish, canary, light brown, ochre, yellow-brown
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
Main Entry: buff
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: polish to a shine
Synonyms: brush, burnish, furbish, glaze, gloss, rub, scour, shine, smooth, pumice, sandpaper
Main Entry: addict
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: person who has compulsion toward
Synonyms: activity, buff, devotee, enthusiast, fan, fanatic, fiend, follower, freak*, habitué, hound*, junkie*, nut, practitioner, zealot, often injurious aficionado
Notes: an edict is a formal or authoritative proclamation; an addict is someone who is physiologically dependent on a substance or someone who is a devoted supporter or fan
Main Entry: admirer
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: person who holds someone in high regard
Synonyms: adherent, beau, believer, booster, boyfriend, buff, bug*, cat*, devotee, disciple, enthusiast, fan, fiend*, follower, freak*, girlfriend, groupie*, hound*, junkie*, lover, nut*, partisan, patron, suitor, supporter, sweetheart, worshiper, fancier, rooter, swain, wooer
Antonyms: critic, enemy, opponent
Main Entry: beige
Part of Speech: noun, adjective
Definition: light brown color
Synonyms: buff, cream, ecru, fawn, mushroom, neutral, oatmeal, tan, biscuit, café au lait, camel, khaki, off-white, sand, taupe
Main Entry: brown
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: dark, burnished color
Synonyms: amber, auburn, bay, beige, brick, bronze, buff, coffee, drab, dust, ecru, fawn, nut, rust, tan, tawny, terra-cotta, toast, bister, burnt sienna, chestnut, chocolate, cinnamon, cocoa, copper, ginger, hazel, henna, khaki, mahogany, ochre, puce, russet, sepia, snuff-colored, sorrel, umber
Main Entry: burnish
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: polish, brighten
Synonyms: buff, furbish, glance, glaze, gloss, luster, rub, sheen, shine, smooth, wax, patina, put on a finish
Antonyms: dull, tarnish
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
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: disciple
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: believer, follower
Synonyms: adherent, apostle, attendant, booster, buff, bug*, cohort, convert, devotee, enthusiast, fan, fanatic, fiend, freak, groupie, hound*, junkie*, learner, nut*, partisan, proselyte, pupil, satellite, student, supporter, votary, witness, zealot, catechumen, rooter, sectary, sectator
Antonyms: god
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
Main Entry: expert
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: master, specialist
Synonyms: ace*, adept, artist, authority, buff, connoisseur, graduate, guru*, old hand*, phenomenon, pro, professional, proficient, virtuoso, whiz*, wizard, artiste, doyen, hot shot, old pro, shark*
Antonyms: amateur, apprentice, ignoramus, novice
Main Entry: follower
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: person who believes or has great interest
Synonyms: addict, adherent, admirer, advocate, apostle, attendant, backer, believer, buff, client, cohort, companion, convert, copycat, devotee, disciple, fan, freak*, habitué, hanger-on*, helper, imitator, lackey*, member, minion, parasite, participant, partisan, patron, promoter, proselyte, protégé, pupil, representative, satellite, servant, sidekick, stooge*, supporter, sycophant, toady*, vassal, votary, worshiper, zealot, bootlicker, fancier, sectary
Antonyms: leader
Main Entry: furbish
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: polish; renovate
Synonyms: brighten, buff, burnish, clean, fix up, glaze, gloss, improve, refurbish, rehabilitate, renew, restore, rub, shine, spruce up*, deck out, gussy up, recondition, smarten up
Main Entry: glaze
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: varnish, lacquer
Synonyms: buff, burnish, coat, cover, enamel, furbish, glance, glass, gloss, overlay, polish, rub, shine, incrust, make lustrous, make vitreous, vitrify
Antonyms: strip
Main Entry: groupie
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: devoted fan
Synonyms: admirer, buff, devotee, follower, hanger-on, supporter
Main Entry: nudity
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: nakedness
Synonyms: bareness, birthday suit*, undress, natural state, naturism, nudism, the buff, the nude, the raw
Main Entry: pundit
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: person who is authority
Synonyms: auger, bookworm, brain*, buff, egghead*, expert, intellectual, philosopher, professor, savant, scholar, teacher, thinker, cereb, cognoscenti, learned one, solon
Antonyms: amateur
Main Entry: rub
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: stroke, massage
Synonyms: abrade, anoint, apply, bark, brush, buff, burnish, caress, chafe, clean, coat, cover, curry, daub, erase, erode, excoriate, file, fray, fret, furbish, glance, glaze, gloss, grate, graze, grind, knead, mop, paint, pat, plaster, polish, put, rasp, scour, scrape, scrub, shine, smear, smooth, spread, swab, triturate, wear, wear down, wipe, slather
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