devotee
noun
, ËdÄ-
, ËdÄ-, dÉ-, -ËtÄ\
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Synonyms & Antonyms for devotee
Synonyms
addict, aficionado (also afficionado), buff, bug, enthusiast, fan, fanatic, fancier, fiend, fool, freak, habitué (also habitue), head, hound, junkie (also junky), lover, maniac, maven (also mavin), nut, sucker
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Garden railways offer an outdoor realism to the train devotee. — Brenda Yenke, cleveland.com, "Planes, trains capture our enthusiasm: Yenke Peddler antiques," 29 Aug. 2019 After the crab cake devotee left, Glasgow came over to the table to confirm Pratt was a regular and to share some good-natured gossip with a clutch of diners, an anonymous critic included. — Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, "Market Lunch may be the only thing in town that brings both parties to the table," 28 Aug. 2019 But even the biggest keto devotees admit that the high-fat, low-carb plan can have some unwanted side effects (think stinky breath, diarrhea, and flu-like symptoms). — Samantha Lauriello, Health.com, "Keto Rash Is the Latest Side Effect of the Low-Carb DietâHere's How to Treat It," 29 July 2019 And the part-hairy ape, part-hairy human, part-hairy bear-thing has inspired such fervor among his fanatics that the fiercest devotees have even gotten the government involved in their pursuit of the truth. — Andrew Daniels, Popular Mechanics, "The FBI Just Released Bigfootâs Official File," 5 June 2019 Perhaps the most notorious devotees to the Motorcycle trend were the Olsen twins, whose bags throughout the â00s were always hilariously huge, swamping their tiny frames. — Liana Satenstein, Vogue, "Why the Balenciaga Motorcycle Bag Is My First Love," 27 May 2019 At the opening ceremony of this yearâs conference, the ballroom at the Hilton Cleveland Downtown was buzzing with fresh-faced capitalist devotees sipping wine and beer and declaiming their love of Randâs work. — Alexander Sammon, The New Republic, "The Last of the Ayn Rand Acolytes," 14 Aug. 2019 Zoom has gained devoteesâand a post-IPO boomâthanks to its dead simple video conferencing tech. — Lily Hay Newman, WIRED, "A Zoom Flaw Gives Hackers Easy Access to Your Webcam," 9 July 2019 The sudden departure of the Alamoâs longtime historian-curator has devotees worried over the loss of his passion and encyclopedic knowledge at a time when plans for the controversial major overhaul of the battle site continue to be hammered out. — Scott Huddleston, ExpressNews.com, "Historianâs exit in San Antonio stirs concern about Alamo," 3 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'devotee.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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