'fiend' definitions:
Definition of 'fiend'
(from WordNet)
noun
noun
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 'fiend'
From: GCIDE
- fiend \fiend\ (f[=e]nd), n. [OE. fend, find, fiend, feond, fiend, foe, AS. fe['o]nd; akin to OS. f[imac]ond, D. vijand enemy, OHG. f[imac]ant, G. feind, Icel. fj[=a]nd, Sw. & Dan. fiende, Goth. fijands; orig. p. pr. of a verb meaning to hate, AS. fe['o]n, fe['o]gan, OHG. f[imac]?n, Goth. fijan, Skr. p[imac]y to scorn; prob. akin to E. feud a quarrel. [root]81. Cf. Foe, Friend.] An implacable or malicious foe; one who is diabolically wicked or cruel; an infernal being; -- applied specifically to the devil or a demon. [1913 Webster]
- Into this wild abyss the wary fiend Stood on the brink of Hell and looked a while. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- O woman! woman! when to ill thy mind Is bent, all hell contains no fouler fiend. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'fiend'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- acidhead,
- addict,
- aficionado,
- afreet,
- alcoholic,
- ape-man,
- Apollyon,
- Baba Yaga,
- barghest,
- beast,
- Beelzebub,
- beldam,
- berserk,
- berserker,
- bigot,
- bomber,
- brute,
- buff,
- bug,
- cacodemon,
- chain smoker,
- cocaine sniffer,
- cokie,
- collector,
- cubehead,
- daeva,
- demon,
- devil,
- devil incarnate,
- devotee,
- diablo,
- dipsomaniac,
- dope fiend,
- doper,
- dragon,
- drug abuser,
- drug addict,
- drug user,
- drunkard,
- dybbuk,
- eager beaver,
- energumen,
- enthusiast,
- evil genius,
- evil spirit,
- faddist,
- fan,
- fanatic,
- fiend from hell,
- fire-eater,
- firebrand,
- follower,
- freak,
- fury,
- genie,
- genius,
- ghoul,
- glue sniffer,
- goon,
- gorilla,
- great one for,
- gunsel,
- gyre,
- habitual,
- hardnose,
- harpy,
- head,
- heavy smoker,
- hell-raiser,
- hellcat,
- hellhound,
- hellion,
- hellkite,
- hobbyist,
- holy terror,
- hood,
- hoodlum,
- hophead,
- hothead,
- hotspur,
- hound,
- hype,
- incendiary,
- incubus,
- infatuate,
- jinni,
- jinniyeh,
- junkie,
- killer,
- lamia,
- Lilith,
- LSD user,
- Lucifer,
- mad dog,
- madcap,
- Mafioso,
- maniac,
- marijuana smoker,
- methhead,
- monster,
- mugger,
- narcotics addict,
- nut,
- ogre,
- ogress,
- Old Nick,
- Old Scratch,
- pillhead,
- pothead,
- pursuer,
- rakshasa,
- rapist,
- revolutionary,
- rhapsodist,
- satan,
- Satan,
- savage,
- serpent,
- she-wolf,
- shedu,
- snowbird,
- speed freak,
- spitfire,
- succubus,
- sucker for,
- termagant,
- terror,
- terrorist,
- the undead,
- tiger,
- tigress,
- tough,
- tough guy,
- tripper,
- ugly customer,
- user,
- vampire,
- violent,
- virago,
- visionary,
- vixen,
- werewolf,
- wild beast,
- witch,
- wolf,
- yogini,
- Young Turk,
- zealot