What is another word for fanatical?
496 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ fɐnˈatɪkə͡l], [ fɐnˈatɪkəl], [ f_ɐ_n_ˈa_t_ɪ_k_əl]
There are a number of words that can be used as synonyms for the term "fanatical." Some of these include zealous, passionate, enthusiastic, fervent, ardent, obsessed, and extreme. Each of these words carries a slightly different connotation, but all share the sense of strong devotion or belief. Zealous implies a high degree of devotion or dedication, while passionate suggests intense emotion or feeling. Fervent, ardent, and obsessed all imply a deep and almost overwhelming commitment or preoccupation. Finally, extreme connotes a level of intensity that goes beyond what might be considered reasonable or normal. All of these synonyms can be used to describe someone who is highly dedicated or committed to a particular cause, belief, or interest.
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Similar words for fanatical:
- avid (adjective)
- doctrinaire (adjective)
- emotional (adjective)
- enthusiastic (adjective)
- extreme (adjective)
- frenetic (adjective)
- gung ho (adjective)
- rabid (adjective)
- rampant (adjective)
- sectarian (adjective)
- crazy (adjective)
- dogmatic (adjective)
- hidebound (adjective)
- iconoclastic (adjective)
- intense (adjective)
- intolerant (adjective)
- mad (adjective)
- radical (adjective)
- zealous (adjective)
Synonyms for Fanatical:
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adj.
• avid • doctrinaire • emotional • enthusiastic- ardent ,
- eager ,
- excited ,
- fervent ,
- gone on ,
- keyed up ,
- mad about something ,
- spirited ,
- zealous ,
- heartiest ,
- most pleased .
- exceeding bounds ,
- on the rampage ,
- more blustering ,
- more rampaging ,
- most blustering ,
- most rampaging ,
- on rampage ,
- out control ,
- pre dominant ,
- pre-dominant ,
- pro fuse ,
- pro-fuse ,
- tumultous tumultuous ,
- tumultous-tumultuous ,
- tumultoustumultuous ,
- un bridled ,
- un checked ,
- un controllable ,
- un-bridled ,
- un-checked ,
- un-controllable ,
- un-governable ,
- un-restrained .
- Over-bearing ,
- de finite ,
- de-finite ,
- high mighty ,
- more fascistic ,
- more wrong headed ,
- more wrong-headed ,
- more wrongheaded ,
- most fascistic ,
- most wrong headed ,
- most wrong-headed ,
- most wrongheaded ,
- narrow minded ,
- narrowminded ,
- over bearing ,
- peremptory ,
- un equivocal ,
- un-equivocal ,
- wrong headed .
- all consuming ,
- allconsuming ,
- in tense ,
- in tenser ,
- in tensest ,
- in tensive ,
- in-tense ,
- in-tenser ,
- in-tensest ,
- in-tensive ,
- more all consuming ,
- more all-consuming ,
- more allconsuming ,
- more intensified ,
- most all consuming ,
- most all-consuming ,
- most allconsuming ,
- most intensified ,
- pro found ,
- pro founder ,
- pro-found ,
- pro-founder ,
- un due ,
- un duer ,
- un duest ,
- un-due ,
- un-duer ,
- un-duest .
- anti pathetic ,
- anti-pathetic ,
- fractious ,
- in tolerant ,
- in-tolerant ,
- individualistic ,
- more chauvinistic ,
- more communist ,
- more outraged ,
- more racialist ,
- more short fuse ,
- more short-fuse ,
- more shortfuse ,
- more tilted ,
- more unindulgent ,
- more worked up ,
- more worked-up ,
- more workedup ,
- more xenophobic ,
- most chauvinistic ,
- most communist ,
- most outraged ,
- most racialist ,
- most short fuse ,
- most short-fuse ,
- most shortfuse ,
- most tilted ,
- most unindulgent ,
- most worked up ,
- most worked-up ,
- most workedup ,
- most xenophobic ,
- out raged ,
- out-raged ,
- shortfuse ,
- small minded ,
- smallminded ,
- tilted ,
- un charitable ,
- un fair ,
- un fairer ,
- un fairest ,
- un forbearing ,
- un indulgent ,
- un sympathetic ,
- un willing ,
- un-charitable ,
- un-fair ,
- un-fairer ,
- un-fairest ,
- un-forbearing ,
- un-indulgent ,
- un-willing ,
- unindulgent ,
- up-set ,
- workedup ,
- xenophobic .
- farout ,
- in subordinate ,
- in-subordinate ,
- more anarchistic ,
- more freethinking ,
- more insurrectionary ,
- more leftist ,
- more recusant ,
- most anarchistic ,
- most freethinking ,
- most insurrectionary ,
- most leftist ,
- most recusant .
- coming strong ,
- gungho ,
- more fireball ,
- more gung ho ,
- more gung-ho ,
- more gungho ,
- more self starting ,
- more self-starting ,
- more selfstarting ,
- more wild eyed ,
- more wild-eyed ,
- more wildeyed ,
- most fireball ,
- most gung ho ,
- most gung-ho ,
- most gungho ,
- most self starting ,
- most self-starting ,
- most selfstarting ,
- most wild eyed ,
- most wild-eyed ,
- most wildeyed ,
- self starting ,
- self-starting ,
- selfstarting ,
- wild eyed ,
- wildeyed .
Other synonyms:
- far-out ,
- fierce ,
- hysterical ,
- ultra .
Other relevant words:
- Ultraist ,
- arbitrary ,
- biased ,
- bigoted ,
- burning ,
- devoted ,
- die-hard ,
- excessively enthusiastic ,
- extremist ,
- fervid ,
- feverish ,
- fiery ,
- frenzied ,
- hard line ,
- headstrong ,
- immoderate ,
- impassioned ,
- infatuated ,
- mad ,
- maniacal ,
- militant ,
- monomaniacal ,
- narrow-minded ,
- obsessed ,
- obstinate ,
- of the lunatic fringe ,
- one-ideaed ,
- opinionated ,
- overenthusiastic ,
- partial ,
- partisan ,
- positive ,
- possessed ,
- prejudiced ,
- raving ,
- singleminded ,
- stubborn ,
- tenacious ,
- wild ,
- wild-eyed .
- Borne ,
- Fanaticize ,
- Hyppish ,
- Mean-spirited ,
- Opinative ,
- Opiniative ,
- Opinionate ,
- Opinioned ,
- Overrighteous ,
- Self-opinioned ,
- absorbing ,
- agog ,
- animated ,
- ascetic ,
- at fever pitch ,
- authoritarian ,
- avid ,
- balking ,
- balky ,
- berserk ,
- besotted ,
- bigot ,
- born-again ,
- bugged ,
- bulldogged ,
- bulletheaded ,
- bullheaded ,
- case-hardened ,
- closed ,
- closed-minded ,
- compulsive ,
- conceited ,
- concern ,
- confined ,
- constricted ,
- consuming ,
- contain ,
- contumacious ,
- cramped ,
- crazed ,
- crazy ,
- credulous ,
- crotchety ,
- daredevil ,
- deaf ,
- deep ,
- delirious ,
- devotee ,
- devout ,
- distracted ,
- doctrinaire ,
- dogged ,
- domineering ,
- dotty ,
- earnest ,
- eccentric ,
- edge ,
- emotional ,
- enthusiast ,
- enthusiastically ,
- erratic ,
- exceeding ,
- excessive ,
- excitable ,
- extravagant ,
- fanatic ,
- fanatically ,
- fanatics ,
- febrile ,
- fiend ,
- firm ,
- flaming ,
- frantic ,
- freak ,
- frenetic ,
- furious ,
- fussy ,
- godly ,
- haggard ,
- hard core ,
- hard-line ,
- hardheaded ,
- heartfelt ,
- heated ,
- hectic ,
- hidebound ,
- high on ,
- holy ,
- hooked ,
- hot ,
- hothead ,
- hotheaded ,
- hysteric ,
- iconoclastic ,
- idolatrous ,
- illiberal ,
- imaginative ,
- impetuous ,
- impracticable ,
- impulsive ,
- incorrigible ,
- inflamed ,
- infuriated ,
- inordinate ,
- insane ,
- insular ,
- intemperate ,
- intense ,
- intolerant ,
- invalided ,
- irrational ,
- keen ,
- little ,
- madcap ,
- madman ,
- maniac ,
- mean ,
- motivated ,
- mulish ,
- narrow ,
- narrow gauge ,
- nearsighted ,
- neurotic ,
- nut ,
- nuts ,
- nuts for ,
- observant ,
- obsessive ,
- odd ,
- opinionative ,
- orthodox ,
- over-zealous ,
- overambitious ,
- overanxious ,
- overeager ,
- overzealous ,
- parochial ,
- passionate ,
- penetrating ,
- perfervid ,
- persevering ,
- pertinacious ,
- pervading ,
- petty ,
- phrenetic ,
- pigheaded ,
- pious ,
- politics ,
- priest-ridden ,
- provincial ,
- purblind ,
- puritanical ,
- rabid ,
- raging ,
- rampant ,
- red hot ,
- religious ,
- restive ,
- restrain ,
- sanctimonious ,
- scorching ,
- sectarian ,
- self-willed ,
- set ,
- shortsighted ,
- sincere ,
- single-minded ,
- small ,
- small-minded ,
- spiritual ,
- stiff-necked ,
- straitlaced ,
- strong-willed ,
- stuffy ,
- stupid ,
- sulky ,
- sullen ,
- superstitious ,
- swashbuckler ,
- turned on ,
- uncharitable ,
- uncooperative ,
- ungenerous ,
- unreasonable ,
- unreasoning ,
- unregenerate ,
- unruly ,
- vehement ,
- violent ,
- visionary ,
- warped ,
- white-hot ,
- wholehearted ,
- wild-looking ,
- willful ,
- zealot .
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How to use "Fanatical" in context?
Fanatical individuals are often driven by strong convictions and a passionate desire to do what they believe is right. People with fanaticism often have an intense and single-minded focus on a particular activity, idea, or belief. This intense focus can lead to a lack of perspective and an unyielding determination in the face of opposition or adversity.
Fanatics often have high levels of energy and enthusiasm, and are often very passionate about their beliefs. This passion can spur them to work extremely hard and to take risks in their pursuit of goals. However, it can also lead to behavior that is often disruptive or destructive.
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Adjective
diehard, enthusiastic, hardline, ultranationalist.
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