fond
adjective
[ fɒnd ]
• having an affection or liking for.
• "I'm very fond of Mel"
Similar:
keen on,
partial to,
addicted to,
enthusiastic about,
passionate about,
attached to,
attracted to,
enamoured of,
in love with,
with a soft spot for,
into,
hooked on,
gone on,
wild about,
nuts about,
crazy about,
sweet on,
struck on,
potty about,
dotty about,
Opposite:
indifferent to,
• (of a hope or belief) foolishly optimistic; naive.
Similar:
unrealistic,
naive,
foolish,
foolishly optimistic,
over-optimistic,
deluded,
delusory,
absurd,
empty,
vain,
Panglossian,
Origin:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘infatuated, foolish’): from obsolete fon ‘a fool, be foolish’, of unknown origin. Compare with fun.
