fanatical

The word “fanatical” has 4 syllables: fa-nat-i-cal

It's pronounced as /fəˈnætɪkəl/


What is synonym and antonym for fanatical?

In the thesaurus, “fanatical” has 120 synonyms and 34 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for fanatical along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for fanatical

  • activist
  • addict
  • adherent
  • admirer
  • advocate
  • afficionado
  • aficionado
  • amateur
  • apostle
  • authority
  • backer
  • biased
  • bigoted
  • booster
  • buff
  • bug
  • bugged
  • burning
  • champion
  • collector
  • connoisseur
  • contumacious
  • convert
  • credulous
  • crusader
  • cultist
  • devoted
  • devotee
  • dilettante
  • disciple
  • dogmatic
  • domineering
  • dreamer
  • enthusiast
  • enthusiastic
  • erratic
  • evangelist
  • expert
  • exponent
  • extreme
  • extremist
  • faddist
  • fan
  • fancier
  • fervent
  • feverish
  • fiend
  • fiery
  • follower
  • fool
  • freak
  • frenzied
  • friend
  • groupie
  • habitue
  • hanger-on
  • head
  • headstrong
  • high on
  • hound
  • idealist
  • idealogue
  • ideologue
  • idolizer
  • immoderate
  • impassioned
  • impulsive
  • incorrigible
  • infatuated
  • junkie
  • junky
  • lover
  • mad
  • maniac
  • maven
  • mavin
  • militant
  • monomaniacal
  • narrow-minded
  • nut
  • nuts for
  • obsessed
  • obsessive
  • obstinate
  • opinionated
  • partial
  • partisan
  • partizan
  • passionate
  • patron
  • possessed
  • prejudiced
  • promoter
  • proponent
  • rabid
  • radical
  • raving
  • reactionary
  • red hot
  • revolutionary
  • revolutionist
  • rooter
  • single-minded
  • stalwart
  • stubborn
  • subversive
  • sucker
  • supporter
  • true believer
  • turned on
  • ultra
  • unruly
  • violent
  • visionary
  • votary
  • well-wisher
  • wild
  • willful
  • zealot
  • zealous

Antonyms for fanatical

  • apathetic
  • belittler
  • broad-minded
  • calm
  • carper
  • conservative
  • conventional
  • cool
  • critic
  • dabbler
  • detractor
  • dilettante
  • disinterested
  • dispassionate
  • doubting
  • happy
  • impartial
  • indifferent
  • lethargic
  • liberal
  • middle-of-the-road
  • moderate
  • nonadmirer
  • nonfan
  • nonmilitant
  • nonrevolutionary
  • orthodox
  • progressive
  • temperate
  • tolerant
  • traditional
  • unenthusiastic
  • unexcited
  • unrevolutionary

Meanings of fanatical

  • adjective
    1. Having an extreme, irrational zeal or enthusiasm for a specific cause.

Example Sentences

  • She has a fanatical devotion to her favorite band, attending every concert and collecting all their memorabilia.
  • His fanatical pursuit of perfection often leads him to spend hours on a single project.
  • The coach's fanatical training regimen pushed the team to their physical limits.
  • Her fanatical interest in ancient history made her a valuable asset to the archaeological team.
  • The fanatical supporters of the football club never missed a match, no matter the weather.

On this page you'll find 154 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to fanatical, such as: activist, addict, adherent, admirer, advocate, afficionado, aficionado.

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Related Words

eagerly

  • actively
  • aggressively
  • animatedly
  • anticipatorily
  • ardently
  • assertively
  • avidly
  • breathlessly
  • briskly
  • cordially
  • cravingly
  • crisply
  • decidedly
  • determinedly
  • directly
  • dynamically
  • earnestly
  • emphatically
  • energetically
  • enthusiastically
  • excitedly
  • expectantly
  • explosively
  • exuberantly
  • fanatically
  • fast
  • fervently
  • fiercely
  • firmly
  • fixedly
  • forcefully
  • forcibly
  • full tilt
  • gamely
  • gladly
  • hammer and tongs
  • hard
  • heartily
  • hungrily
  • impatiently
  • intensively
  • intently
  • keenly
  • longingly
  • lustily
  • madly
  • manfully
  • mightily
  • muscularly
  • potently
  • powerfully
  • promptly
  • purposefully
  • rabidly
  • rapidly
  • readily
  • resolutely
  • rhapsodically
  • rigidly
  • robustly
  • roughshod
  • roundly
  • sharply
  • sincerely
  • sky-high
  • smartly
  • snappily
  • solidly
  • soundly
  • speedily
  • spiritedly
  • spunkily
  • squarely
  • steadfastly
  • steadily
  • stiffly
  • stoutly
  • strenuously
  • strongly
  • sturdily
  • surely
  • thirstily
  • vehemently
  • vigorously
  • violently
  • vivaciously
  • warmly
  • willingly
  • with enthusiasm
  • with gusto
  • zealously
  • zestfully

falling apart

  • addling
  • affecting
  • ardent
  • battered
  • bedraggled
  • breaking down
  • breaking up
  • breakup
  • broken-down
  • choking
  • collapse
  • contaminating
  • corrupting
  • cracking
  • crumbling
  • curdling
  • decay
  • decaying
  • decline
  • declining
  • decomposing
  • decrepit
  • defiling
  • degenerating
  • degeneration
  • descending
  • destruction
  • deteriorated
  • deteriorating
  • dilapidated
  • dilapidating
  • disintegrating
  • disturbed
  • ecstatic
  • emotive
  • enthusiastic
  • excitable
  • exciting
  • falling down
  • fanatical
  • feeling
  • fermenting
  • fervent
  • fervid
  • festering
  • fickle
  • fiery
  • fouling
  • going off the deep end
  • going to pieces
  • going to seed
  • heartwarming
  • heated
  • histrionic
  • histrionical
  • hot-blooded
  • hysterical
  • impassioned
  • impetuous
  • impulsive
  • in disrepair
  • in ruins
  • infirm
  • irrational
  • losing it
  • melting down
  • moldering
  • molding
  • mortifying
  • moving
  • neglected
  • nervous
  • old
  • overused
  • overwrought
  • passionate
  • pathetic
  • perishing
  • poignant
  • polluting
  • putrefying
  • ramshackle
  • responsive
  • rotting
  • roused
  • run down
  • run-down
  • running to seed
  • rusting
  • seedy
  • sensitive
  • sentient
  • sentimental
  • shabby
  • sinking
  • souring
  • spoiling
  • spontaneous
  • stirred
  • stirring
  • susceptible
  • tainting
  • tear-jerking
  • temperamental
  • tender
  • the worse for wear
  • threadbare
  • thrilling
  • touching
  • turning
  • turning off
  • unsound
  • used
  • warm
  • withering
  • worn
  • worsening
  • zealous

fanatics

  • activists
  • addicts
  • adherents
  • admirers
  • advocates
  • afficionados
  • aficionados
  • amateurs
  • apostles
  • authorities
  • backers
  • boosters
  • buffs
  • bugs
  • champions
  • collectors
  • connoisseurs
  • converts
  • crusaders
  • cultists
  • devotees
  • dilettantes
  • dilettanti
  • disciples
  • dreamers
  • energumen
  • enthusiasts
  • evangelists
  • experts
  • exponents
  • extremists
  • faddists
  • fanatical group
  • fanaticos
  • fanciers
  • fans
  • fiends
  • followers
  • fools
  • freaks
  • friends
  • groupies
  • habitues
  • hangers-on
  • heads
  • hounds
  • idealists
  • idealogues
  • ideologues
  • idolizers
  • junkies
  • lovers
  • maniacs
  • mavens
  • mavins
  • militants
  • nuts
  • nympholepts
  • partisans
  • partizans
  • patrons
  • promoters
  • proponents
  • red hots
  • rooters
  • stalwarts
  • suckers
  • supporters
  • true believers
  • visionaries
  • votaries
  • well-wishers
  • zealots

iconoclastic

  • apostate
  • defecting
  • dissentient
  • dissenting
  • dissident
  • fanatical
  • free-spirited
  • freethinking
  • heathen
  • heathenish
  • heretic
  • heretical
  • heterodox
  • impious
  • individualistic
  • irreverent
  • maverick
  • nonconforming
  • nonconformist
  • nonorthodox
  • nontraditional
  • out-there
  • radical
  • renegade
  • schismatic
  • schismatical
  • sectarian
  • separatist
  • unconventional
  • unorthodox

impatiently

  • abruptly
  • actively
  • anticipatorily
  • ardently
  • automatically
  • avidly
  • breathlessly
  • cordially
  • cravingly
  • cursorily
  • eagerly
  • earnestly
  • energetically
  • enthusiastically
  • excitedly
  • expectantly
  • exuberantly
  • fanatically
  • fervently
  • fiercely
  • full tilt
  • gladly
  • glancingly
  • haphazardly
  • hastily
  • headfirst
  • headily
  • headlong
  • heartily
  • hotfoot
  • hotheadedly
  • hungrily
  • hurriedly
  • impetuously
  • impromptu
  • impulsively
  • intently
  • keenly
  • longingly
  • madly
  • offhand
  • offhandedly
  • pell-mell
  • precipitately
  • precipitously
  • promptly
  • rabidly
  • rapidly
  • rashly
  • readily
  • recklessly
  • rhapsodically
  • sincerely
  • sky-high
  • speedily
  • spiritedly
  • spontaneously
  • strenuously
  • suddenly
  • thirstily
  • thoughtlessly
  • vigorously
  • warmly
  • willingly
  • with enthusiasm
  • with gusto
  • zealously
  • zestfully

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