enthusiast
Noun
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An ardent and enthusiastic supporter of some person or activity (synset 110079390)
is a type of: admirer, booster, champion, friend, protagonist, supporter - a person who backs a politician or a team etc.subtypes:
- addict, freak, junkie, junky, nut - someone who is so ardently devoted to something that it resembles an addiction
- backslapper - someone who demonstrates enthusiastic or excessive cordiality
- balletomane - a ballet enthusiast
- fanatic, fiend - a person motivated by irrational enthusiasm (as for a cause)
- gadgeteer - a person who delights in designing or building or using gadgets
- shutterbug - a photography enthusiast
- fan, rooter, sports fan - an enthusiastic devotee of sports
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A person having a strong liking for something (synset 110097911)
subtypes:
- animal fancier - a person who breeds animals
- bird fancier - a person with 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
same as: fancier
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