1
as in lovers
a person with a strong and habitual liking for something
football fanatics are pretty much booked up for weekends from Labor Day to Super Bowl Sunday
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as in partisans
one who is intensely or excessively devoted to a cause
once he joined the movement, he became a fanatic
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Recent Examples of fanatics
So, that’s something for football fanatics, hoops heads and soccer aficionados.
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Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 3 Apr. 2026
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said radical religious fanatics leading Iran can’t be trusted with a nuclear weapon after attacking embassies and hotels during the war.
—Francesca Chambers, USA Today, 27 Mar. 2026
Attention discounted shoe shopping fanatics.
—Olivia Evans, Louisville Courier Journal, 25 Mar. 2026
Avid collectors, watchers of runways, and vintage fanatics, listen up.
—Rosie Jarman, Vogue, 16 Mar. 2026
In the West Bank villages, however, extreme right-wing Jewish fanatics, many of them incredibly violent, see me as one of those evil weeds.
—Dahlia Krutkovich, The New York Review of Books, 14 Mar. 2026
If so, that advice was not followed by the pro-Khamenei fanatics who turned out thousands of Iranians to support their new leader, who could be taken out like his father was.
—Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 14 Mar. 2026
This is a community of believers with few fanatics.
—Bob Strauss, San Francisco Chronicle, 12 Mar. 2026
Pollen season is more than a nuisance for clean-car fanatics.
—Nancy Badertscher, AJC.com, 12 Mar. 2026
Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 3 Apr. 2026
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said radical religious fanatics leading Iran can’t be trusted with a nuclear weapon after attacking embassies and hotels during the war.
—Francesca Chambers, USA Today, 27 Mar. 2026
Attention discounted shoe shopping fanatics.
—Olivia Evans, Louisville Courier Journal, 25 Mar. 2026
Avid collectors, watchers of runways, and vintage fanatics, listen up.
—Rosie Jarman, Vogue, 16 Mar. 2026
In the West Bank villages, however, extreme right-wing Jewish fanatics, many of them incredibly violent, see me as one of those evil weeds.
—Dahlia Krutkovich, The New York Review of Books, 14 Mar. 2026
If so, that advice was not followed by the pro-Khamenei fanatics who turned out thousands of Iranians to support their new leader, who could be taken out like his father was.
—Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 14 Mar. 2026
This is a community of believers with few fanatics.
—Bob Strauss, San Francisco Chronicle, 12 Mar. 2026
Pollen season is more than a nuisance for clean-car fanatics.
—Nancy Badertscher, AJC.com, 12 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fanatics
Noun
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Uncompromising lovers of luxury.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
5 Apr. 2026
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While the storm is looming, there are new glimmers of possibility—friends can become lovers, strangers can become friends on the subway, the supermarket aisles are charged with meaning.—
Andrew Marantz,
New Yorker,
5 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Disrupting basic services to millions of Americans in such circumstances only makes sense to die-hard partisans.—
U T Editorial Board,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 Mar. 2026
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That was the result of angry partisans taking seriously Trump’s bogus election-fraud claims.—
Steven Greenhut,
Oc Register,
27 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The game turned some Wildcat fans into Wolverine fans, at least for one night.—
Jack Springgate,
CBS News,
6 Apr. 2026
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The Hornets have experienced 23 sellouts this season, establishing a new mark in the uptown arena, and exceeded an average of 18,000 fans per game.—
Roderick Boone,
Charlotte Observer,
6 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Washington has boosted claims that attacks on Nigerian Christians by militants constitute genocide — a characterization the Nigerian government strongly refutes.—
Adrian Elimian,
semafor.com,
1 Apr. 2026
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Back then, Israel was battling Palestinian militants.—
Lauren Frayer,
NPR,
1 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Invasive vines like Virginia creeper, English ivy, and buckthorn can strangle trees, for example, and some aggressive trees may spread via underground suckers and roots.—
Peg Aloi,
The Spruce,
5 Apr. 2026
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What’s more, these specialized mating suckers are densely packed with neural clusters.—
Jacek Krywko,
ArsTechnica,
2 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Anti-porn crusaders of all ilks also hijacked the news of Radvinsky’s passing for their various pro-censorship agendas.—
Gustavo Turner,
HollywoodReporter,
26 Mar. 2026
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But the 76-year-old congressman from New York is one of Washington’s few prominent crusaders against the sports-betting industry.—
McKay Coppins,
The Atlantic,
12 Mar. 2026
Noun
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But the dinosaur enthusiasts posting dramatic TikTok edits seem to identify with the prehistoric predator.—
Scottie Andrew,
CNN Money,
5 Apr. 2026
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As each one takes flight, snapping through the air, more than 1,000 spectators cheer and applaud — families, off-duty soldiers, and bat enthusiasts, a few dressed in Goth outfits.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
5 Apr. 2026
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The war with the United States and Israel has intensified authorities’ threats against anyone speaking to outside media or activists.—
Amir Hussein Radjy,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Apr. 2026
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Those efforts have been hindered by federal court lawsuits that allege Rubio's determinations penalized the activists' free speech.—
Kiki Intarasuwan,
CBS News,
4 Apr. 2026
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“Fanatics.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fanatics. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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