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Definition of enthusiast in English: enthusiastnounɪnˈθjuːzɪastɛnˈθjuːzɪast 1A person who is very interested in a particular activity or subject. Example sentencesExamples - He was an enthusiast for the theatre and university educated.
- The advent of the old-new technology is something airship enthusiasts thought would never happen.
- A model aircraft enthusiast for many years, he painstakingly built the helicopter from a kit last year.
- The last game of the year is traditionally the time football enthusiasts and pundits switch to full clairvoyance mode.
- The store is expected to attract interest from the sports enthusiasts who frequent the Arena complex.
- A breathless enthusiast for the wired world, he writes well enough to take happy Luddites such as me along with him.
- He had been a long-standing enthusiast for home rule at a time when it merely served to reinforce his marginal status in the party.
- He is also an enthusiast for newer aircraft, which are more fuel-efficient but also more expensive.
- Gardening enthusiasts are turning detective to try and find the origins of a carved statuette.
- Falconry enthusiasts wanting to delve even deeper into the subject can sign up for a course of either one, two or five days.
- For the dance enthusiast, ballet conveys the strength and fragility of the human spirit through its grace and agility.
- The enthusiast for Puritan literature will welcome, read and apply the content of this book.
- The people involved would class themselves as enthusiasts interested in the survival of the scene.
- It has captured the imagination of the public and has accrued a loyal following of enthusiasts.
- Unless you are an enthusiast for such things, these annual events don't have a ‘wow’ factor.
- It is certain to appeal to field-sports enthusiasts and to nature lovers.
- He was a leading and ardent enthusiast for the very inward investment that he now equally enthusiastically disclaims.
- For a change the zoo authorities want the wildlife enthusiasts to suggest a name for this female baboon.
- The event is expected to attract a lot of interest among dart enthusiasts and all are welcome on the night.
- But he is one of life's great enthusiasts and his love of his subject is getting quite infectious.
Synonyms fan, fanatic, devotee, aficionado, addict, lover, admirer, supporter, follower expert, wizard, connoisseur, authority, pundit, cognoscente, one of the cognoscenti, savant informal buff, freak, nut, fiend, maniac, ninja, ham, a great one for North American informal maven, geek, jock, nerd South African informal fundi 2derogatory, archaic A person of intense and visionary Christian views.
Origin Early 17th century (denoting a person believing that he or she is divinely inspired): from French enthousiaste or ecclesiastical Latin enthusiastes 'member of a heretical sect', from Greek enthousiastēs 'person inspired by a god', from the adjective enthous (see enthusiasm). Definition of enthusiast in US English: enthusiastnoun 1A person who is highly interested in a particular activity or subject. Example sentencesExamples - The enthusiast for Puritan literature will welcome, read and apply the content of this book.
- Gardening enthusiasts are turning detective to try and find the origins of a carved statuette.
- For a change the zoo authorities want the wildlife enthusiasts to suggest a name for this female baboon.
- He is also an enthusiast for newer aircraft, which are more fuel-efficient but also more expensive.
- The store is expected to attract interest from the sports enthusiasts who frequent the Arena complex.
- Falconry enthusiasts wanting to delve even deeper into the subject can sign up for a course of either one, two or five days.
- The advent of the old-new technology is something airship enthusiasts thought would never happen.
- A breathless enthusiast for the wired world, he writes well enough to take happy Luddites such as me along with him.
- He was a leading and ardent enthusiast for the very inward investment that he now equally enthusiastically disclaims.
- But he is one of life's great enthusiasts and his love of his subject is getting quite infectious.
- The event is expected to attract a lot of interest among dart enthusiasts and all are welcome on the night.
- For the dance enthusiast, ballet conveys the strength and fragility of the human spirit through its grace and agility.
- The people involved would class themselves as enthusiasts interested in the survival of the scene.
- Unless you are an enthusiast for such things, these annual events don't have a ‘wow’ factor.
- He had been a long-standing enthusiast for home rule at a time when it merely served to reinforce his marginal status in the party.
- It is certain to appeal to field-sports enthusiasts and to nature lovers.
- It has captured the imagination of the public and has accrued a loyal following of enthusiasts.
- He was an enthusiast for the theatre and university educated.
- A model aircraft enthusiast for many years, he painstakingly built the helicopter from a kit last year.
- The last game of the year is traditionally the time football enthusiasts and pundits switch to full clairvoyance mode.
Synonyms fan, fanatic, devotee, aficionado, addict, lover, admirer, supporter, follower - 1.1derogatory, archaic A person of intense and visionary Christian views.
Origin Early 17th century (denoting a person believing that he or she is divinely inspired): from French enthousiaste or ecclesiastical Latin enthusiastes ‘member of a heretical sect’, from Greek enthousiastēs ‘person inspired by a god’, from the adjective enthous (see enthusiasm). |