Fanatic

Adjective

 * 1) Fanatical.
 * 2)  Showing evidence of possession by a god or demon; frenzied, over-zealous.

Noun

 * 1) A person who is zealously enthusiastic for some cause, especially in religion.

Adjectives for Fanatic
revolutionary; religious; unflinching; murderous; vegetarian; sour; crazed; recognized; unbalanced; miserable; vicious; passionate.

Verbs for Fanatic
combat-—; control—; enlist—; inflame—; intoxicate—; oppose—; ridicule—; scorn—; transform into—; —accomplishes; — band; —charms; —explodes; —fevers; —imag¬ines; —infects; —inveighs against; —kindles; —prates; —prattles; —rants; —stirs; ——undermines; —uproots.

Thesaurus
Christian, God-fearing man, accepter, addict, aficionado, alien, aliene, ass, bedlamite, believer, bigot, bitter-ender, borderline case, buff, bug, bullethead, case, catechumen, character, chauvinist, 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, 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

Etymology
First attested in 1525. From fanaticus: from fanum:. Influenced by fanatique:.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

 * Finnish: kiihkomielinen, ,
 * German:
 * Greek: φανατικός
 * Hungarian:


 * Italian: fanatico, maniaco, patito, seguace
 * Polish: fanatyczny
 * Russian: фанатичный
 * Slovak:


 * Polish: nawiedzony, opętany

Noun

 * Czech:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian: fanatico, patito, maniaco, seguace
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: fanatiker
 * Nynorsk: fanatikar


 * Polish: fanatyk, fanatyczka
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian: фанатик
 * Slovak:

Quotations

 * A zealot can't change his mind. A fanatic can't change his mind and won't change the subject. —Winston Churchill (attributed)
 * A fanatic is one who redoubles his effort when he has forgotten his aim. —George Santayana