fanatic

Other forms of fanatic

plural

fanatics·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about fanatic

What does fanatic mean?

fanatic means "a person motivated by irrational enthusiasm (as for a cause)". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in fanatic?

fanatic has 3 syllables: fa-nat-ic. The stress falls on "nat". In IPA it is /fəˈnætɪk/.

What is another word for fanatic?

Close synonyms include fiend, fanatical, overzealous, rabid. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is fanatic a common word?

fanatic is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.