fanatic
fa·nat·ic
adj \fə-ˈna-tik\Definition of FANATIC
: marked by excessive enthusiasm and often intense uncritical devotion <they're fanatic about politics>
— fanatic noun
— fa·nat·i·cal·ly \fə-ˈna-ti-k(ə-)lē\ adverb
— fa·nat·i·cal·ness \-kəl-nəs\ noun
See Variants of FANATIC
fa·nat·ic or fa·nat·i·cal \-ti-kəl\
Examples of FANATIC
- <because of her fanatical views, her friends know better than to discuss religion with her>
Origin of FANATIC
Latin fanaticus inspired by a deity, frenzied, from fanum temple — more at feast
First Known Use: 1550
Related to FANATIC
Near Antonyms: conservative, moderate, temperate; conventional, orthodox, traditional; liberal, progressive
Rhymes with FANATIC
agnatic, aquatic, asthmatic, Carnatic, chromatic, climatic, comatic, dalmatic, dogmatic, dramatic, ecstatic, emphatic, erratic, eustatic, hepatic, judgmatic, komatik, lymphatic, magmatic, neumatic, phlegmatic, plasmatic, pneumatic, pragmatic, prismatic, protatic, quadratic, rheumatic, schematic, schismatic, sciatic, Socratic, somatic, spermatic, stigmatic, sylvatic, thematic, traumatic, villatic
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