fanatic
/fəˈnæt.ɪk/
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obsolete/ˈfæ.nət.ɪk/
fanatic adjective: fanatical.
Adjective
fanatic (comparative more fanatic, superlative most fanatic)
- Fanatical.
- But Faith, fanatic Faith, once wedded fast / To some dear falsehood, hugs it to the last.1817, Thomas Moore, Lalla Rookh […] , London: Longman […]
- Showing evidence of possession by a god or demon; frenzied, overzealous.
Noun
fanatic (plural fanatics)
- A person who is zealously enthusiastic for some cause.
- The reclusive tycoon calling himself the Illusive Man is a human nationalist focused on advancing human interests, whatever the cost to non-humans. The Citadel Council regards him as a fanatic posing a serious threat to galactic security.2010, BioWare, Mass Effect 2 (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Cerberus: The Illusive Man Codex entry
- A zealot can't change his mind. A fanatic can't change his mind and won't change the subject. —Winston Churchill (attributed)
- Synonyms:
- freak
fanatic meaning in Tamil, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali
fanatic in Tamil
- one who is zealously enthusiastic
- வெறியன் veṟiyaṉ
fanatic in Marathi
- धर्मांध
fanatic in Urdu
- کٹر پیرو, مجنونہ جوش والا, پرن جوش
fanatic in Bengali
- ধর্মান্ধ, গোঁড়া
More languagesFewer languages
- fanatic in Malayalam
- കടുംപിടിത്തക്കാരൻ, ഉന്മത്തമായ, മതഭ്രാന്തുള്ള, അതിശ്രദ്ധാവ്യഗ്രൻ
- fanatic in Kannada
- ಕಟ್ಟಾಭಿಮಾನಿ, ಅನುಸರಿಸುವವರು, ಅಂಧಾಭಿಮಾನಿ, ದುರಭಿಮಾನಿ
- fanatic in Gujarati
- ધર્માંધ
- fanatic in Odia
- ଧର୍ମାନ୍ଧ
- fanatic in Arabic
- مُتَعَصِّب mutaʕaṣṣib, غَيُور ḡayūr
- fanatic in Persian
- فناتیک fanâtik, متعصب mota'asseb
Examples of fanatic in a sentence
- The moderates are the natural advocates of ecumenism against the fanatics of their churches.
- "A fanatic is someone who will not change his mind or the subject of discussion" is a semiquote of Winston Churchill.
- It is cosmic irony that the descendants of this fanatic were saved by the very nation he hated during his life.
Synonyms of fanatic
Forms of fanatic
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more fanatic |
| superlative | most fanatic |
| alternative form (obsolete) | fanatick |
| Noun | |
| plural | fanatics |
Origin of fanatic
First attested in 1525. Learned borrowing from Latin fānāticus (“of a temple, divinely inspired, frenzied”), from fānum (“temple”). Influenced by French fanatique.
Words formed from fanatic
Words that rhyme with fanatic
- automatic
- chromatic
- emphatic
- static
- systematic
- idiomatic
- attic
- hexachromatic
- thematic
- aromatic
- democratic
- hepatic
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- lymphatic
- schematic
- adiabatic
- aristocratic
- asymptomatic
- athematic
- autocratic
- axiomatic
- chiasmatic
- erratic
- fluorochromatic
- interchromatic
- phlegmatic
- prismatic
- psychosomatic
- quadchromatic
- rheumatic
- sciatic
- stromatic
- aerobatic
- altermatic
- aposematic
- asthmatic
- bathochromatic
- bizygomatic
- bureaucratic
- chorochromatic
- chromocratic
- circumzygomatic
- coccochromatic
- curatic
- diabatic
- dyschromatic
- endolymphatic
- episematic
- epistatic
- frontozygomatic
- glymphatic
- goniochromatic
- graphematic
- herostratic
- hydroinformatic
- idiosyncratic
- immunochromatic
- infrazygomatic
- interzygomatic
- katabatic
- kinechromatic
Questions about fanatic
- What does fanatic mean?
- Fanatic means fanatical.
- What is fanatic in Tamil?
- Fanatic in Tamil is வெறியன் (veṟiyaṉ). See Fanatic meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is fanatic?
- Fanatic can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce fanatic?
- Fanatic is pronounced /fəˈnæt.ɪk/.
Words near fanatic in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: fanatic (page history and authors); fanatic (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); fanatic (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Fanatic (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); fanatic (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); fanatic (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); fanatic (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); fanatic (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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