Meanings
plural enthusiasts
- A person filled with or guided by enthusiasm.
I would challenge any rock enthusiast to refrain from tapping his/her foot when listening to such music.
2010, Niamh Nic Daeid, Fifty Years of Forensic Science: A Commentary1 more example
But Charles Aubyn (for it was he) had, like most enthusiasts, overcalculated the influence of his eloquence; surprise had alone procured him a hearing, and the bold cavaliers around were little in the mood for a homily.
1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter IV, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume III, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 28Synonyms: aficionado, amateur, freak, power user, prosumer
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA person filled with or guided by enthusiasm.
More synonyms by meaning
nounan ardent and enthusiastic supporter of some person or activity
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Ancient Greekἐνθουσιαστής“an enthusiast, a zealot”
- Englishenthusiast
From Ancient Greek ἐνθουσιαστής (enthousiastḗs, “an enthusiast, a zealot”), from ἐνθουσιάζειν (enthousiázein, “(intransitive) be inspired or possessed by a god, be rapt, be in ecstasy, (transitive) inspire”): see enthusiasm.
More words from Ancient Greek
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans entoesias
- entoesiasperson filled with or guided by enthusiasm
Catalan entusiasta
- entusiastaperson filled with or guided by enthusiasm
Chinese Mandarin 热衷者
- 热衷者person filled with or guided by enthusiasm
Czech nadšenec
- nadšenecperson filled with or guided by enthusiasm
Danish entusiast, sværmer
- entusiastperson filled with or guided by enthusiasm
- sværmerperson exhibiting over-zealous religious fervour
Esperanto entuziasmulo
- entuziasmuloperson filled with or guided by enthusiasm
Finnish intoilija, harrastaja
- intoilijaperson filled with or guided by enthusiasm
- harrastajaperson filled with or guided by enthusiasm
French passionné, amateur
- passionnéperson filled with or guided by enthusiasm
- amateurperson filled with or guided by enthusiasm
- enthousiasteperson exhibiting over-zealous religious fervour
- zéloteperson exhibiting over-zealous religious fervour
German Enthusiast
- Enthusiastperson filled with or guided by enthusiasm
Irish díograiseoir, scailéathan
- díograiseoirperson filled with or guided by enthusiasm
- scailéathanperson filled with or guided by enthusiasm
- díograiseoirperson exhibiting over-zealous religious fervour
Italian entusiasta, appassionato
- entusiastaperson filled with or guided by enthusiasm
- appassionatoperson filled with or guided by enthusiasm
- zelotaperson exhibiting over-zealous religious fervour
Japanese 愛好家
- 愛好家 (aikouka)person filled with or guided by enthusiasm
Latin perquīsītor
- perquīsītorperson filled with or guided by enthusiasm
Norwegian Bokmål ildsjel
- ildsjelperson filled with or guided by enthusiasm
Persian شوریده
- شوریده (šuride)person filled with or guided by enthusiasm
Polish entuzjasta, entuzjastka
- entuzjastaperson filled with or guided by enthusiasm
- entuzjastkaperson filled with or guided by enthusiasm
- miłośnikperson filled with or guided by enthusiasm
- zapaleniecperson filled with or guided by enthusiasm
- wielbicielperson filled with or guided by enthusiasm
- czcicielperson filled with or guided by enthusiasm
- hołdownikperson filled with or guided by enthusiasm
- miłośniczkaperson filled with or guided by enthusiasm
- wielbicielkaperson filled with or guided by enthusiasm
- czcicielkaperson filled with or guided by enthusiasm
Portuguese entusiasta
- entusiastaperson filled with or guided by enthusiasm
Romanian entuziast
- entuziastperson filled with or guided by enthusiasm
Russian энтузиа́ст
- энтузиа́ст (entuziást)person filled with or guided by enthusiasm
Spanish entusiasta
- entusiastaperson filled with or guided by enthusiasm
Swedish entusiast, eldsjäl
- entusiastperson filled with or guided by enthusiasm
- eldsjälperson filled with or guided by enthusiasm
Ukrainian ентузіаст, ентузіастка
- ентузіаст (entuziast)person filled with or guided by enthusiasm
- ентузіастка (entuziastka)person filled with or guided by enthusiasm
Cite this entry
enthusiast. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/enthusiast
“enthusiast.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/enthusiast. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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