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enthusiast
/ ɪnˈθjuːzɪˌæst /
noun
- a person filled with or motivated by enthusiasm; fanatic
- archaic.a religious visionary, esp one whose zeal for religion is extravagant or unbalanced
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Other Words From
- anti·en·thusi·ast noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of enthusiast1
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Example Sentences
The actor and police enthusiast reportedly wants to be a reserve officer.
He subsequently met with city officials, including Police Chief Tom Jackson, who is described as a “cycling enthusiast.”
Soyinka is a food and wine enthusiast, but he also sinks easily into a kind of ascetic mode and fasts regularly.
Colion Noir, self-described “Urban Gun Enthusiast:” MLK would love guns.
When a skateboard enthusiast turned her painting skills to making boards from scratch, the result was a work of art.
Lowell was an enthusiast in his work, though he seldom talked of it, preferring to let results speak for themselves.
I can well understand the state of mind that actuated you, a young enthusiast, in these exciting times.
An enthusiast in dying proves nothing but that religious fanaticism is often stronger than the love of life.
Another "mad enthusiast for liberty" and "one or two dissenting Divines" were also apprehended.
She could scarcely reconcile this acute, self-contained man with the enthusiast and comedian she had seen in the Cure's garden.
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