entusiasta

Definitions of entusiasta
  1. noun
    an ardent follower and admirer
    synonyms: aficionado, amante, apasionado, devoto, fanático
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    types:
    bacante, ménade
    a drunken reveller; a devotee of Bacchus
    fan
    an enthusiastic young fan (especially a young woman who follows rock groups around)
    type of:
    adherente, partidario, secuaz, seguidor
    a person who accepts the leadership of another
  2. noun
    a person having a strong liking for something
    synonyms: aficionado
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    admirador
    someone who admires a young woman
  3. noun
    a person who backs a politician or a team etc.
    synonyms: adepto, seguidor
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    anglófilo
    an admirer of England and things English
    creyente
    a supporter who accepts something as true
    aficionado
    an ardent and enthusiastic supporter of some person or activity
    afrancesado, francófilo
    an admirer of France and everything French
    funcionalista
    an adherent of functionalism
    jacobita
    a supporter of James II after he was overthrown or a supporter of the Stuarts
    leal, legitimista
    a person who is loyal to their allegiance (especially in times of revolt)
    pilar
    a prominent supporter
    apoyador
    someone who endorses a motion or petition as a necessary preliminary to a discussion or vote
    abiogenista
    a believer in abiogenesis
    adicto
    someone who is so ardently devoted to something that it resembles an addiction
    apóstol
    an ardent early supporter of a cause or reform
    colonialista
    a believer in colonialism
    confederado
    a soldier in the Army of the Confederacy during the American Civil War
    exaltado, fanático
    a person motivated by irrational enthusiasm (as for a cause)
    filocomunista
    a communist sympathizer (but not a member of the Communist Party)
    imperialista
    a believer in imperialism
    maltusiano
    a believer in Malthusian theory
    fan
    an enthusiastic devotee of sports
    vitalista
    one who believes in vitalism
    type of:
    defensor, partidario
    a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea
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