enthusiast
noun/ɪnˈθuːziˌæst/UK/ənˈθuziˌɪst/CA/ənˈθʉːziˌəst/
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἐνθουσιαστής (enthousiastḗs, “an enthusiast, a zealot”), from ἐνθουσιάζειν (enthousiázein, “(intransitive) be inspired or possessed by a god, be rapt, be in ecstasy, (transitive) inspire”): see enthusiasm.
Definitions
A person filled with or guided by enthusiasm.
- But Charles Aubyn (for it was he) had, like most enthusiasts, overcalculated the influence of his eloquence; surprise had alone procured him a hearing, and the bold cavaliers around were little in the mood for a homily.
- I would challenge any rock enthusiast to refrain from tapping his/her foot when listening to such music.
A person exhibiting over-zealous religious fervour.
The neighborhood
- synonymaddict
- synonymbuff
- synonymaficionado
- synonymamateur
- synonymenthusiast
- synonymdevotee
- synonymfancier
- synonymfan
- synonymfiend
- synonymfreak
- synonymjunkie
- synonymmaniac
- neighborenthuse
- neighborenthusiasm
- neighborenthusiastic
- neighbor-phile
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for enthusiast. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA