Englishfanatical
adjective
1 they are fanatical about their faith:
zealous, extremist, extreme, militant, dogmatic, sectarian, bigoted, rabid, maniacal, radical, diehard, activist;
prejudiced, chauvinistic, intolerant, narrow-minded, single-minded, partisan, blinkered, illiberal, inflexible, uncompromising;
British, informal swivel-eyed.
▷antonyms moderate; open-minded.
2 informal the band gained a fanatical following:
enthusiastic, eager, keen, fervent, ardent, fervid, passionate, devoted, dedicated;
over-enthusiastic, obsessive, obsessed, infatuated, fixated, compulsive, immoderate, frenzied, frenetic;
informal wild, gung-ho, nuts, crazy, hooked;
British, informal potty, dotty;
US, informal wackadoo, wackadoodle;
literary passional, perfervid.
▷antonyms indifferent.
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