fanatic

noun/fəˈnætɪk/

Frequency rank: #10,276 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)

Meaning

a person with extreme and uncritical enthusiasm or zeal for something.

Illustration for the English word “fanatic”

Example sentence

His love of football makes him a true fanatic, so he watches every match, even at midnight.

Synonyms & related words

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