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| Main Entry: | freak |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | become extraordinarily upset |
| Synonyms: | flip out*, go insane, rave, unhinge*, wig out*, go beserk, go mad, lose control |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | freak |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something, someone very abnormal |
| Synonyms: | aberration, abortion, anomaly, chimera, curiosity, geek*, grotesque, malformation, monster, monstrosity, mutant, mutation, oddity, queer, rarity, sport, weirdo*, miscreation, misshape |
| Antonyms: | normality, ordinary, regular |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | freak |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | irregularity, whim |
| Synonyms: | caprice, conceit, fad, fancy, folly, humor, megrim, quirk, turn, twist, vagary, whimsy, crochet |
| Antonyms: | ordinary, regularity, commonality |
| 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: | 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | believer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who has faith in something |
| Synonyms: | adherent, apostle, convert, devotee, disciple, doctrinaire, follower, freak, orthodox, prophet, proselyte, supporter, zealot, acceptor, canonist, dogmatist, religionist, religious person, upholder |
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | caprice |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sudden change of behavior |
| Synonyms: | bee*, caper*, crotchet, fad, fancy, freak, gag*, humor, impulse, inconsistency, jerk, kink, mood, notion, peculiarity, put on*, quirk, rib*, temper, thought, vagary, vein, whim, whimsy, changeableness, contrariety, fickleness, fitfulness, fool notion, inconstancy, perversity |
| Antonyms: | constancy, constant, dependability, steadfastness |
* = 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: | 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | eccentric |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bizarre, unusual |
| Synonyms: | aberrant, abnormal, anomalous, beat*, bent*, bizarre, capricious, characteristic, cockeyed, crazy, curious, droll, erratic, far out, flaky, freak, freakish, funky*, funny, idiosyncratic, irregular, nutty, odd, oddball, off the wall, off-center, offbeat, outlandish, peculiar, quaint, queer, quirky, quizzical, singular, strange, uncommon, unconventional, unnatural, way out, weird, whimsical, wild, kooky, out in left field |
| Antonyms: | boring, common, dull, normal, ordinary, plain, regular, standard, unexciting, usual |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | eccentric |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who is bizarre, unusual |
| Synonyms: | beatnik, character, freak, hippie, kook, loner, maverick, nonconformist, nut*, oddball, oddity, original, rare bird*, weirdo, odd person, queer duck, three-dollar bill |
| Antonyms: | normal, standard |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | fanatic |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person overenthusiastic about an interest |
| Synonyms: | addict, bigot, bug*, crank*, crazy, demon, devotee, enthusiast, extremist, fiend*, fool, freak, maniac, militant, nut*, radical, visionary, zealot, activist, monomaniac, ultraist |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | geek |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | odd person; computer expert |
| Synonyms: | buffoon, curiosity, dolt, freak, goon, guru, nerd, weirdo, computer specialist, dork, techie |
| Main Entry: | hippie |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | nonconformist |
| Synonyms: | Bohemian, beatnik, flower child, freak, free spirit, freethinker, drop-out, yippie |
| Main Entry: | maniac |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who is crazy, overenthusiastic |
| Synonyms: | bigot, crackpot*, enthusiast, fan, fanatic, fiend, flake*, freak, kook*, loony*, lunatic, madperson, nut*, psycho, psychopath, screwball*, zealot, Section 8, bedlamite, fruitcake, loon, nutcase, schizoid |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | misfit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | nonconformist |
| Synonyms: | beatnik*, bohemian*, dissenter, dissident, dropout, eccentric, fish out of water*, freak*, individualist, lone wolf, loser, oddball, offbeat, outsider, weirdo*, different breed, odd man out |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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