Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One who is filled with enthusiasm; one who is ardently absorbed in an interest or pursuit.
- noun A zealot; a fanatic.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who imagines he has special or supernatural converse with God, or that he is divinely instructed or commissioned.
- noun One who is given to or characterized by enthusiasm; one whose mind is excited and whose feelings are engrossed in devotion to a belief or a principle, or the pursuit of an object; one who is swayed to a great or an undue extent by emotion in regard to anything; a person of ardent zeal.
- noun [capitalized] Eccles., one of the names given to a Euchite.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One moved or actuated by enthusiasm; as: (a) One who imagines himself divinely inspired, or possessed of some special revelation; a religious madman; a fanatic. (b) One whose mind is wholly possessed and heated by what engages it; one who is influenced by a peculiar; fervor of mind; an ardent and imaginative person.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A person filled with or guided by
enthusiasm . - noun archaic A person exhibiting over-
zealous religious fervour .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an ardent and enthusiastic supporter of some person or activity
- noun a person having a strong liking for something
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word enthusiast.
Examples
-
Yet, even an amateur musical enthusiast is hard-pressed to understand what justified the show.
Shai Baitel: Passion Never Dies. Love Does. Shai Baitel 2010
-
Much efforts and money were invested in this colorful and technologically advanced production at the Adelphi Theatre in London's West End. Yet, even an amateur musical enthusiast is hard-pressed to understand what justified the show.
Shai Baitel: Passion Never Dies. Love Does. Shai Baitel 2010
-
The latest enthusiast is the German insurance company Munich Re.
Desertec Advances: Massive Solar Power Project No Longer a Mirage? 2009
-
Yet, even an amateur musical enthusiast is hard-pressed to understand what justified the show.
Shai Baitel: Passion Never Dies. Love Does. Shai Baitel 2010
-
Yet, even an amateur musical enthusiast is hard-pressed to understand what justified the show.
Shai Baitel: Passion Never Dies. Love Does. Shai Baitel 2010
-
Model train enthusiast David K. Smith has built a miniscule train layout which works – the train travels in an ellipse, including through a “mountain.”
-
Much efforts and money were invested in this colorful and technologically advanced production at the Adelphi Theatre in London's West End. Yet, even an amateur musical enthusiast is hard-pressed to understand what justified the show.
Shai Baitel: Passion Never Dies. Love Does. Shai Baitel 2010
-
Much efforts and money were invested in this colorful and technologically advanced production at the Adelphi Theatre in London's West End. Yet, even an amateur musical enthusiast is hard-pressed to understand what justified the show.
Shai Baitel: Passion Never Dies. Love Does. Shai Baitel 2010
-
Andrew Bridgeston, a Sasquatch enthusiast, is positive that one of these legendary creatures is involved with the disappearances.
Archive 2008-01-01 2008
-
I watch the way my husband, a long-time outdoor enthusiast, is radiant from his one-on-one interaction with the sea turtles, and I understand what Nichols means.
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.