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Another word for fanatic

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Noun

  1. One who holds extreme views or advocates extreme measures

    See also:

    politics

    concern

    edge

  2. One zealously devoted to a religion

      1. One who is zealous, especially excessively so.
      2. A fanatically committed person.
      3. A member of a Jewish movement of the first century ad that fought against Roman rule in Palestine as incompatible with strict monotheism.
      1. A person bound by vows to live a life of religious worship or service.
      2. A devout adherent of a cult or religion; a committed worshiper:
      3. A person who is fervently devoted, as to a leader or ideal; a faithful follower.
      1. A sectarian.
      2. A dissenter from an established church, especially a Protestant nonconformist.
      1. One who is filled with enthusiasm; one who is ardently absorbed in an interest or pursuit:
      2. A zealot; a fanatic.
      1. One who is ardently devoted to something; an enthusiast or advocate:
      2. An ardent or fanatical adherent of a religion.
    See also:

    religion

    love

    belief

  3. A person who is ardently devoted to a particular subject or activity

      1. An indehiscent fruit having a single seed enclosed in a hard shell, such as an acorn or hazelnut.
      2. The usually edible seed of such a fruit.
      3. Any of various other usually edible seeds enclosed in a hard covering such as a seed coat or the stone of a drupe, as in a pine nut, peanut, almond, or walnut.
      1. A thing or occurrence that is markedly unusual or irregular:
      2. An abnormally formed organism, especially one regarded as a curiosity.
      3. A sudden capricious turn of mind; a whim:
      1. An evil spirit; a demon.
      2. The Devil; Satan.
      3. A diabolically evil or wicked person.
      1. A machine using an electric motor to rotate thin, rigid vanes in order to move air, as for cooling.
      2. A collapsible, usually wedge-shaped device made of a light material such as silk, paper, or plastic.
      3. A machine for winnowing.
      1. A soft, thick, undyed leather made chiefly from the skins of buffalo, elk, or oxen.
      2. A military uniform coat made of such leather.
      3. A pale, light, or moderate yellowish pink to yellow, including moderate orange-yellow to light yellowish brown.
      1. One who is zealous, especially excessively so.
      2. A fanatically committed person.
      3. A member of a Jewish movement of the first century ad that fought against Roman rule in Palestine as incompatible with strict monotheism.
      1. A psychotic or otherwise mentally ill person who exhibits violent or bizarre behavior. Not used in psychiatric diagnosis.
      2. A person who has an excessive enthusiasm or desire for something:
      3. A person who acts in a wildly irresponsible way:
      1. One who is filled with enthusiasm; one who is ardently absorbed in an interest or pursuit:
      2. A zealot; a fanatic.
      1. One who is ardently devoted to something; an enthusiast or advocate:
      2. An ardent or fanatical adherent of a religion.
      1. An insect having mouthparts used for piercing and sucking, such as an aphid, a bedbug, or a stinkbug.
      2. An insect of any kind, such as a cockroach or a ladybug.
      3. A small invertebrate with many legs, such as a spider or a centipede.
    See also:

    concern

Adjective

  1. Holding especially political views that deviate drastically and fundamentally from conventional or traditional beliefs

    See also:

    politics

    edge

    concern

© Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Another word for fanatic

Noun
      1. A person who advocates or resorts to measures beyond the norm, especially in politics.
      1. One who is ardently devoted to something; an enthusiast or advocate:
      2. An ardent or fanatical adherent of a religion.
      1. One who is zealous, especially excessively so.
      2. A fanatically committed person.
      3. A member of a Jewish movement of the first century ad that fought against Roman rule in Palestine as incompatible with strict monotheism.
    See also:

    zealot

    zealot

    enthusiast

© WEBSTER’S NEW WORLD® ROGET’S A-Z THESAURUS by Charlton Laird and the editors of Webster’s New World dictionaries. Copyright © 1999 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Sentence Examples

  • If the horseracing fanatic, Brandon, was there, he'd call this man a wild mustang.

  • "Indeed," said the old fanatic, "I am afraid that you have."

  • The Dahra and the Warsenis rose at the voice of a fanatic called Bu-Maza (" the goat man "), a Khuan of the order of the Mouley-TaIeb.

  • 1 Keimer and his sister had come the year before from London, where he had learned his trade; both were ardent members of the fanatic band of " French prophets."

  • That so clear-headed a man could have credited the lies of Oates and the other perjurers is beyond belief; and the manner in which he excited baseless alarms, and encouraged fanatic cruelty, for nothing but party advantage, is without excuse.

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