ENTHUSIAST
Dictionary entry overview: What does enthusiast mean?
• ENTHUSIAST (noun)
The noun ENTHUSIAST has 2 senses:
1. an ardent and enthusiastic supporter of some person or activity
2. a person having a strong liking for something
Familiarity information: ENTHUSIAST used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• ENTHUSIAST (noun)
Meaning:
An ardent and enthusiastic supporter of some person or activity
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
enthusiast; partizan; partisan
Hypernyms ("enthusiast" is a kind of...):
admirer; booster; champion; friend; protagonist; supporter (a person who backs a politician or a team etc.)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "enthusiast"):
addict; freak; junkie; junky; nut (someone who is so ardently devoted to something that it resembles an addiction)
fan; rooter; sports fan (an enthusiastic devotee of sports)
shutterbug (a photography enthusiast)
gadgeteer (a person who delights in designing or building or using gadgets)
fanatic; fiend (a person motivated by irrational enthusiasm (as for a cause))
balletomane (a ballet enthusiast)
backslapper (someone who demonstrates enthusiastic or excessive cordiality)
Meaning:
A person having a strong liking for something
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
fancier; enthusiast
Hypernyms ("enthusiast" is a kind of...):
admirer; adorer (someone who admires a young woman)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "enthusiast"):
animal fancier (a person who breeds animals)
bird fancier (a person have a strong interest in birds)
maniac (a person who has an obsession with or excessive enthusiasm for something)
technophile (a person who is enthusiastic about new technology)
