enthusiast
noun
[ ɪnˈθjuːzɪast ]
• a person who is very interested in a particular activity or subject.
• "a sports car enthusiast"
Similar:
fan,
fanatic,
devotee,
aficionado,
addict,
lover,
admirer,
supporter,
follower,
expert,
wizard,
connoisseur,
authority,
pundit,
cognoscente,
one of the cognoscenti,
savant,
buff,
freak,
nut,
fiend,
maniac,
ninja,
ham,
a great one for,
maven,
geek,
jock,
nerd,
fundi,
• a person of intense and visionary Christian views.
Origin:
mid 16th century (referring to a person believing that he or she is divinely inspired): via late Latin enthusiasta ‘kind of heretic’ from Greek enthousiastēs ‘person inspired by a god’, from enthousiazein (see enthusiasm).
