adj
Meaning 1
Fanatical.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
fanatic
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/fəˈnæt.ɪk/
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obsolete: /ˈfæ.nət.ɪk/
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Multicultural-London-English: /fəˈnaʔɪk/
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rhymes with -ætɪk
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homophone: phonetic
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homophone: phenetic (only in certain topolects with the met–mat merger)
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adj
Meaning 2
Showing evidence of possession by a god or demon; frenzied, overzealous.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A person who is zealously enthusiastic for some cause.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- A zealot can't change his mind. A fanatic can't change his mind and won't change the subject. —Winston Churchill (attributed)
- A fanatic is one who redoubles his effort when he has forgotten his aim. —George Santayana
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: freak
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 4
marked by excessive enthusiasm for and intense devotion to a cause or idea
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- rabid isolationist
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: fanatical, overzealous, rabid
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
a person motivated by irrational enthusiasm (as for a cause)--Winston Churchill
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: fiend
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: enthusiast, partisan, partizan
History
Etymology
First attested in 1525. Learned borrowing from Latin fānāticus (“of a temple, divinely inspired, frenzied”), from fānum (“temple”). Influenced by French fanatique.
Across languages
Translations
109 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Afrikaans: fanatikus — fanatical
- Arabic: مُتَعَصِّب (mutaʕaṣṣib) — fanatical
- Arabic: متعصب (mitʕáṣṣeb) — fanatical
- Belarusian: фанаты́чны (fanatýčny) — fanatical
- Bulgarian: фанати́чен (fanatíčen) — fanatical
- Catalan: fanàtic — fanatical
- Danish: fanatisk — fanatical
- Dutch: fanatiek — fanatical
- Esperanto: fanatika — fanatical
- Estonian: fanaatiline — fanatical
- Finnish: kiihkomielinen — fanatical
- Finnish: fanaattinen — fanatical
- Finnish: kiihkeä — fanatical
- French: fanatique — fanatical
- German: fanatisch — fanatical
- Greek: φανατικός (fanatikós) — fanatical
- Hungarian: fanatikus — fanatical
- Italian: fanatico — fanatical
- Italian: maniaco — fanatical
- Italian: patito — fanatical
- Italian: seguace — fanatical
- Japanese: ファナーティック (fanātikku) — fanatical
- Latvian: fanātisks — fanatical
- Lithuanian: fanatiškas — fanatical
- Macedonian: фанатичен (fanatičen) — fanatical
- Māori: manawawera — fanatical
- Māori: ngākau whiwhita — fanatical
- Persian: فناتیک (fanâtik) — fanatical
- Plautdietsch: fanatisch — fanatical
- Polish: fanatyczny — fanatical
- Portuguese: fanático — fanatical
- Russian: фанати́чный (fanatíčnyj) — fanatical
- Serbo-Croatian: фана̀тичан — fanatical
- Serbo-Croatian: fanàtičan — fanatical
- Slovak: fanatický — fanatical
- Slovene: fanatičen — fanatical
- Spanish: fanático — fanatical
- Swedish: fanatisk — fanatical
- Turkish: bağnaz — fanatical
- Turkish: fanatik — fanatical
- Ukrainian: фанати́чний (fanatýčnyj) — fanatical
- Polish: nawiedzony — showing evidence of possession by a god or demon
- Polish: opętany — showing evidence of possession by a god or demon
- Russian: одержи́мый (oderžímyj) — showing evidence of possession by a god or demon
- Arabic: مُتَعَصِّب (mutaʕaṣṣib) — one who is zealously enthusiastic
- Arabic: غَيُور (ḡayūr) — one who is zealously enthusiastic
- Azerbaijani: təəssübkeş — one who is zealously enthusiastic
- Belarusian: фана́тык (fanátyk) — one who is zealously enthusiastic
- Belarusian: фанаты́чка (fanatýčka) — one who is zealously enthusiastic
- Bulgarian: фанати́к (fanatík) — one who is zealously enthusiastic
- Bulgarian: фанати́чка (fanatíčka) — one who is zealously enthusiastic
- Catalan: fanàtic — one who is zealously enthusiastic
- Chinese Mandarin: 狂熱分子 /狂热分子 (kuángrè fēnzǐ) — one who is zealously enthusiastic
- Chinese Mandarin: 擁躉 /拥趸 (yōngdǔn) — one who is zealously enthusiastic
- Chinese Mandarin: 狂信徒 (kuángxìntú) — one who is zealously enthusiastic
- Czech: fanatik — one who is zealously enthusiastic
- Czech: fanatička — one who is zealously enthusiastic
- Danish: fanatiker — one who is zealously enthusiastic
- Dutch: fanaat — one who is zealously enthusiastic
- Esperanto: fanatikulo — one who is zealously enthusiastic
- Estonian: fanaatik — one who is zealously enthusiastic
- Finnish: kiihkoilija — one who is zealously enthusiastic
- Finnish: fanaatikko — one who is zealously enthusiastic
- French: fanatique — one who is zealously enthusiastic
- Galician: fanático — one who is zealously enthusiastic
- Galician: fanática — one who is zealously enthusiastic
- German: Fanatiker — one who is zealously enthusiastic
- German: Fanatikerin — one who is zealously enthusiastic
- Hungarian: fanatikus — one who is zealously enthusiastic
- Italian: fanatico — one who is zealously enthusiastic
- Italian: fanatica — one who is zealously enthusiastic
- Italian: patito — one who is zealously enthusiastic
- Italian: patita — one who is zealously enthusiastic
- Italian: maniaco — one who is zealously enthusiastic
- Italian: maniaca — one who is zealously enthusiastic
- Italian: seguace — one who is zealously enthusiastic
- Japanese: 狂信者 (kyōshinsha) — one who is zealously enthusiastic
- Japanese: 熱狂者 (netsukyōsha) — one who is zealously enthusiastic
- Kazakh: тақуа (taqua) — one who is zealously enthusiastic
- Korean: 광신자 (gwangsinja) — one who is zealously enthusiastic
- Korean: 열광자 (yeolgwangja) — one who is zealously enthusiastic
- Latvian: fanātiķis — one who is zealously enthusiastic
- Lithuanian: fanatikas — one who is zealously enthusiastic
- Macedonian: фанатик (fanatik) — one who is zealously enthusiastic
- Norwegian Bokmål: fanatiker — one who is zealously enthusiastic
- Norwegian Nynorsk: fanatikar — one who is zealously enthusiastic
- Persian: متعصب (mota'asseb) — one who is zealously enthusiastic
- Persian: فناتیک (fanâtik) — one who is zealously enthusiastic
- Polish: fanatyk — one who is zealously enthusiastic
- Polish: fanatyczka — one who is zealously enthusiastic
- Portuguese: fanático — one who is zealously enthusiastic
- Portuguese: fanática — one who is zealously enthusiastic
- Russian: фана́тик (fanátik) — one who is zealously enthusiastic
- Russian: фанати́чка (fanatíčka) — one who is zealously enthusiastic
- Russian: изувер (izuver) — one who is zealously enthusiastic
- Serbo-Croatian: фана̀тик — one who is zealously enthusiastic
- Serbo-Croatian: fanàtik — one who is zealously enthusiastic
- Slovak: fanatik — one who is zealously enthusiastic
- Slovak: fanatička — one who is zealously enthusiastic
- Slovene: fanatik — one who is zealously enthusiastic
- Slovene: fanatičarka — one who is zealously enthusiastic
- Spanish: fanático — one who is zealously enthusiastic
- Swedish: fanatiker — one who is zealously enthusiastic
- Tamil: வெறியன் (veṟiyaṉ) — one who is zealously enthusiastic
- Turkish: mutaassıp — one who is zealously enthusiastic
- Turkish: fanatik — one who is zealously enthusiastic
- Ukrainian: фана́тик (fanátyk) — one who is zealously enthusiastic
- Ukrainian: фанати́чка (fanatýčka) — one who is zealously enthusiastic
- Ukrainian: бузуві́р (buzuvír) — one who is zealously enthusiastic