| Main Entry: | votary |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | believer |
Synonyms: |
addict, adherent, admirer, aficionado, amateur, buff, devotee, disciple, enthusiast, fanatic, follower, votarist, zealot |
| 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: | 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: | 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 |
| 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, monomaniac, nut*, optimist, participant, partisan, rooter, supporter, votary, worshiper, zealot |
Antonyms: |
critic, detractor, pessimist |
| 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, rooter, supporter, votary, zealot |
| Main Entry: | fiend |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person overenthusiastic about interest |
Synonyms: |
addict, aficionado, bigot, devotee, enthusiast, fan, fanatic, freak, maniac, monomaniac, nut*, votarist, votary, zealot |
| Main Entry: | follower |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who believes or has great interest |
Synonyms: |
addict, adherent, admirer, advocate, apostle, attendant, backer, believer, bootlicker, buff, client, cohort, companion, convert, copycat, devotee, disciple, fan, fancier, freak*, habitué, hanger-on, helper, imitator, lackey, member, minion, parasite, participant, partisan, patron, promoter, proselyte, protégé, pupil, representative, satellite, sectary, servant, sidekick, stooge, supporter, sycophant, toady, vassal, votary, worshiper, zealot |
Antonyms: |
leader |
| Main Entry: | partisan |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person devoted to another or cause |
Synonyms: |
accessory, adherent, backer, champion, cohort, defender, devotee, disciple, follower, satellite, stalwart, supporter, sycophant, sympathizer, upholder, votary, zealot |
| Main Entry: | worshiper/worshipper |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | believer |
Synonyms: |
adorer, churchgoer, communicant, congregant, devotee, devout person, pious person, supplicant, votary |
Antonyms: |
agnostic, atheist, skeptic |