| Main Entry: | devotee |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ardent supporter; fan |
Synonyms: |
addict, adherent, admirer, aficionado, amateur, believer, booster, buff, disciple, enthusiast, fanatic, fancier, fiend, follower, groupie, habitué, junkie, lover, rooter, supporter, votarient, votary |
Antonyms: |
adversary, antagonist, enemy |
| 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, often injurious aficionado, practitioner, zealot |
| 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: | adherent |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | supporter or follower |
Synonyms: |
advocate, aficionado, backer, believer, card-carrying member, devotee, disciple, enthusiast, fan, hanger-on |
| 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, fancier, fiend*, follower, freak*, girlfriend, groupie, hound, junkie, lover, nut*, partisan, patron, rooter, suitor, supporter, swain, sweetheart, wooer, worshiper |
Antonyms: |
critic, enemy, opponent |
| Main Entry: | aficionado |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fan |
Synonyms: |
connoisseur, devotee, enthusiast, fanatic |
| Main Entry: | audience |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | group observing an entertainment or sporting event |
Synonyms: |
admirers, assemblage, assembly, congregation, crowd, devotees, fans, following, gallery, gathering, hearers, house, listeners, market, moviegoers, onlookers, patrons, playgoers, public, showgoers, spectators, theatergoers, turnout, viewers, witnesses |
| Main Entry: | believer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who has faith in something |
Synonyms: |
acceptor, adherent, apostle, canonist, convert, devotee, disciple, doctrinaire, dogmatist, follower, freak, orthodox, prophet, proselyte, religionist, religious person, supporter, upholder, zealot |
Antonyms: |
agnostic, atheist, disbeliever, non-believer |
| 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: | connoisseur |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | authority |
Synonyms: |
adept, aesthete, aficionado, appreciator, arbiter, bon vivant, buff*, cognoscente, critic, devotee, dilettante, epicure, expert, fan, freak*, gourmet, judge, maven*, nut*, one into, savant, specialist |
Antonyms: |
ignoramus |
| Main Entry: | disciple |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | believer, follower |
Synonyms: |
adherent, apostle, attendant, booster, buff, bug*, catechumen, cohort, convert, devotee, enthusiast, fan, fanatic, fiend, freak, groupie, hound, junkie, learner, nut*, partisan, proselyte, pupil, rooter, satellite, sectary, sectator, student, supporter, votary, witness, zealot |
Antonyms: |
god |