| Main Entry: | fanatical |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | overenthusiastic |
Synonyms: |
biased, bigoted, bugged, burning*, contumacious, credulous, devoted, dogmatic, domineering, enthusiastic, erratic, extreme, fervent, feverish, fiery, frenzied, headstrong, high on, immoderate, impassioned, impulsive, incorrigible, infatuated, mad, monomaniacal, narrow-minded, nuts for, obsessed, obsessive, obstinate, opinionated, partial, partisan, passionate, possessed, prejudiced, rabid, radical, raving, single-minded, stubborn, turned on, unruly, violent, visionary, wild, willful, zealous |
Antonyms: |
disinterested, dispassionate, impartial, unenthusiastic |
| Main Entry: | avid |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | enthusiastic |
Synonyms: |
ardent, athirst, avaricious, breathless, covetous, desirous, devoted, dying to, eager, fanatical, fervent, gotta have, grasping, greedy, hungry, impatient, insatiable, intense, keen, passionate, rapacious, ravenous, thirsty, voracious, zealous |
Antonyms: |
dispassionate, indifferent, unenthusiastic |
| Main Entry: | crazy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | infatuated, in love |
Synonyms: |
ardent, beside oneself, devoted, eager, enamored, fanatical, hysterical, keen, mad, passionate, smitten, wild, zealous |
Antonyms: |
dislike, hate |
| Main Entry: | doctrinaire |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dogmatic, opinionated |
Synonyms: |
authoritarian, authoritative, biased, bigoted, bullheaded, dictative, dictatorial, dogged, fanatical, impractical, inflexible, insistent, magisterial, mulish, obstinate, one-sided, pertinacious, pigheaded, rigid, speculative, stiff-necked, stubborn, unrealistic |
Antonyms: |
amenable, flexible, manageable, obedient, submissive |
| Main Entry: | dogmatic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dictatorial, opinionated |
Synonyms: |
arbitrary, arrogant, assertive, bigoted, bullheaded, categorical, cocksure, confident, definite, despotic, determined, dictative, doctrinaire, domineering, downright, egotistical, emphatic, fanatical, fascistic, formal, high and mighty, imperious, intolerant, magisterial, narrow-minded, obdurate, obstinate, one-sided, overbearing, peremptory, pigheaded, prejudiced, stiff-necked, stubborn, tenacious, tyrannical, unequivocal, wrong-headed |
Antonyms: |
amenable, doubting, flexible, indecisive, manageable, obedient, questioning, skeptical, submissive |
| Main Entry: | emotional |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | demonstrative about feelings |
Synonyms: |
affecting, ardent, disturbed, ecstatic, emotive, enthusiastic, excitable, exciting, falling apart, fanatical, feeling, fervent, fervid, fickle, fiery, heartwarming, heated, histrionic, hot-blooded, hysterical, impassioned, impetuous, impulsive, irrational, moving, nervous, overwrought, passionate, pathetic, poignant, responsive, roused, sensitive, sentient, sentimental, spontaneous, stirred, stirring, susceptible, tear-jerking, temperamental, tender, thrilling, touching, warm, zealous |
| Notes: | emotional means 'affected by an emotion' while emotive means 'drawing out or evoking emotion' |
Antonyms: |
physical |
| Main Entry: | enthusiastic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | interested, excited |
Synonyms: |
agog, animated, anxious, ardent, athirst, attracted, avid, bugged, concerned, crazy about, devoted, dying to, eager, earnest, ebullient, exhilarated, exuberant, fanatical, fascinated, fervent, fervid, forceful, gaga, gone on, gung ho, hearty, intent, keen, keyed up, lively, nutty, obsessed, passionate, pleased, rabid, red-hot, rhapsodic, spirited, tantalized, thrilled, titillated, unqualified, vehement, vigorous, wacky*, warm, wholehearted, willing, zealous |
Antonyms: |
apathetic, disinterested, doubting, indifferent, lethargic, pessimistic, unenthusiastic, unexcited, weary |
| Main Entry: | extreme |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | beyond reason and convention |
Synonyms: |
absolute, desperate, dire, downright, drastic, egregious, exaggerated, exceptional, excessive, extraordinary, extravagant, fabulous, fanatical, flagrant, gross, harsh, immoderate, improper, imprudent, inordinate, intemperate, irrational, nonsensical, out of proportion, out-and-out, outrageous, overkill, preposterous, rabid, radical, remarkable, rigid, severe, sheer, stern, strict, thorough, unbending, uncommon, uncompromising, unconventional, unreasonable, unseemly, unusual, utter, zealous |
Antonyms: |
mild, moderate |
| Main Entry: | frenetic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | maniacal |
Synonyms: |
corybantic, delirious, demented, distraught, excited, fanatical, frantic, frenzied, furibund, furious, hyper, in a lather, insane, lost it, mad, obsessive, overwrought, phrenetic, rabid, unbalanced, unscrewed, weirded out, wigged out, wild, wired |
Antonyms: |
balanced, calm |
| Main Entry: | gung ho |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | full of enthusiasm |
Synonyms: |
aggressive, anxious, ardent, banzai, can-do, dedicated, eager, energetic, enthused, enthusiastic, excited, extremely enthusiastic, fanatical, fired up, fired up, intense, keyed up, lively, passionate, proactive, spirited, take-charge, zealous |