enthusiast

noun

en·​thu·​si·​ast in-ˈthü-zē-ˌast 

-əst,

en-,

 also  -ˈthyü-

: a person filled with enthusiasm: such as

a

: one who is ardently attached to a cause, object, or pursuit

a sports car enthusiast

b

: one who tends to become ardently absorbed in an interest

Synonyms

• lover
• fan
• sucker
• fanatic

Examples of enthusiast in a Sentence

skiing enthusiasts can't wait for the first snowfall of the season

Recent Examples on the Web

Some customers bulk-bought the meal deals and resold them to Pokémon enthusiasts, while some of the Happy Meal toys were listed on the country's largest online resale marketplace, Mercari, at higher prices. —Jasmine Laws, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Sep. 2025

The Star Wars actor played the accountant father of Tom Hiddleston's titular dance enthusiast, Chuck. —Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Sep. 2025

The Haunted Carwash was the sinister concoction of spooky enthusiasts Long Vo and Veronica Young of Huntington Beach. —Charlie Vargas, Oc Register, 12 Sep. 2025

Staff are horology enthusiasts who understand movement, casebacks, complexity, and provenance. —Connie Etemadi, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025

Word History

Etymology

earlier, "person claiming to receive divine communication or inspiration, member of a putative early Christian sect making such claims," borrowed from Late Greek enthousiastḗs, going back to Greek, "person possessed by a god," from enthousiad-, stem of enthousiázein "to be inspired or possessed by a god" + -tēs, agent suffix — more at enthusiasm

First Known Use

1748, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for enthusiast

• iconoclast
• osteoblast
• osteoclast
• aghast
• amassed
• biassed
• broadcast
• bypassed
• downcast
• forecast
• foremast
• harassed

Kids Definition

enthusiast

noun

en·​thu·​si·​ast in-ˈth(y)ü-zē-ˌast 

-əst

: a person filled with enthusiasm