'Fanatic' definitions:
Definition of 'fanatic'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Marked by excessive enthusiasm for and intense devotion to a cause or idea; "rabid isolationist" [syn: fanatic, fanatical, overzealous, rabid]
noun
A person motivated by irrational enthusiasm (as for a cause); "A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject"--Winston Churchill [syn: fanatic, fiend]
Definition of 'Fanatic'
From: GCIDE
- Fanatic \Fa*nat"ic\, n. A person affected by excessive enthusiasm, particularly on religious subjects; one who indulges wild and extravagant notions of religion. [1913 Webster]
- There is a new word, coined within few months, called fanatics, which, by the close stickling thereof, seemeth well cut out and proportioned to signify what is meant thereby, even the sectaries of our age. --Fuller (1660). [1913 Webster]
- Fanatics are governed rather by imagination than by judgment. --Stowe. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Fanatic'
From: GCIDE
- Fanatic \Fa*nat"ic\, a. [L. fanaticus inspired by divinity, enthusiastic, frantic, fr. fanum fane: cf. F. fanatique. See Fane.] Pertaining to, or indicating, fanaticism; extravagant in opinions; ultra; unreasonable; excessively enthusiastic, especially on religious subjects; as, fanatic zeal; fanatic notions. [1913 Webster]
- But Faith, fanatic Faith, once wedded fast To some dear falsehood, hugs it to the last. --T. Moore. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'fanatic'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accepter,
- addict,
- aficionado,
- alien,
- aliene,
- ass,
- bedlamite,
- believer,
- bigot,
- bitter-ender,
- borderline case,
- buff,
- bug,
- bullethead,
- case,
- catechumen,
- character,
- chauvinist,
- Christian,
- churchgoer,
- churchite,
- churchman,
- collector,
- communicant,
- convert,
- crackbrain,
- crackpot,
- crank,
- daily communicant,
- dement,
- demon,
- demoniac,
- devotee,
- devotionalist,
- diehard,
- disciple,
- doctrinaire,
- dogmatist,
- donkey,
- eager beaver,
- eccentric,
- energumen,
- enthusiast,
- extremist,
- faddist,
- fan,
- fanatico,
- fiend,
- flake,
- follower,
- fou,
- freak,
- God-fearing man,
- good Christian,
- great one for,
- hardnose,
- hermit,
- hobbyist,
- hobo,
- hound,
- idiot,
- illiberal,
- infatuate,
- intolerant,
- intransigeant,
- intransigent,
- jingo,
- kook,
- last-ditcher,
- lone wolf,
- loner,
- loon,
- loony,
- lunatic,
- lunatic fringe,
- madman,
- male chauvinist,
- maniac,
- maverick,
- meshuggenah,
- monomaniac,
- mule,
- natural,
- neophyte,
- noncompos,
- nonconformist,
- nut,
- odd fellow,
- oddball,
- oddity,
- original,
- outsider,
- pariah,
- perverse fool,
- phrenetic,
- pietist,
- pig,
- pighead,
- positivist,
- proselyte,
- purist,
- pursuer,
- queer duck,
- queer fish,
- queer specimen,
- rabid,
- racist,
- radical,
- rara avis,
- raving lunatic,
- receiver,
- religionist,
- revolutional,
- revolutionary,
- revolutionist,
- rhapsodist,
- saint,
- screwball,
- sexist,
- solitary,
- standpat,
- standpatter,
- stickler,
- sucker for,
- superpatriot,
- theist,
- tramp,
- truster,
- type,
- ultra,
- ultraist,
- ultranationalist,
- visionary,
- votary,
- weirdo,
- zealot